Reply #13: And sorry to you [View All]

Tough guy Perry lifted his middle finger to the international community and put the guy to death anyway. There is a very good reason why there is a requirement to notify the embassy when a foreign national is arrested, but it's a mute point now. We can no longer complain if one of our own citizens is arrested in a foreign country and denied access to our embassy, thanks to Perry and our own weak State Department.

Beyond that, why do we support Capital Punishment? First, it doesn't deter crime. If it did, Houston would be the safest place on the planet, but we all know it's far from it. Second, I sincerely believe that if we had a more just society there would be less violent crime. Isn't that what we Democrats believe in? A more just society.

Perry is an asshole, just like Bush before him. Kill as many as you can and look tough. For what's its worth, even Bush understood this issue and called on Perry to put the execution on hold. Was Bush worried about being arrested overseas for committing war crimes?