Psychopath

[gerbie]

In Amsterdam an idiot held several people hostage because he wasn't happy with the widescreentv he bought and the service he got after that. In the end he killed himself.

So civilization shows, even in a psychopath. I know a country where someone like him would walk into a McDonalds/supermarket/office/school and kill several others BEFORE killing himself.

I am happy to live in this country!

Comments

Re: right...but

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

I agree there is plenty of common sense in there. When I suggested that it would be difficult to judge on the year people migrated, I meant that literally. So not age, but 1867 as opposed to 1975. Where is the cut-off point? Obviously no country is eager to accept morons from other countries, we are no different than you.

And YES, if you know the death penalty exists, then don't moan if it gets used. But it doesn't solve anything. Percentagewise crimerates are even higher in countries WITH the death penalty. Should 1% of the criminals executed turn out to be innocent (and I believe the average is higher than that), there is no way you can defend it anymore. Someone in jail innocently can be released. Someone in a cardboard box can't.

Until your president starts getting common sense and your people stop defending him, I'd say the bashing is justified. This doesn't mean that I disqualify all Americans automatically (we've discussed that point before), but it does still mean I don't like your country. In the meantime I'm happy the Baseball season is coming up!

Re: right...but

[aquariusmama.livejournal.com]

You know that I agree on the fact that innocent people get put to death, that's horrible and in a way makes me want to get rid of the death penalty. BUT...then you read about someone that rapes, sodomizes and kills a two year old baby...can we kill him please?? I know, that's an endless discussion, and I don't have the answers to it...I am not ready to say that we should get rid of the death penalty. The system needs reform, for sure, but it has it's place.

As far as the President goes, I've told you before that I didn't vote for him. I was LIVID when he was elected. However, I don't think that he has been doing a bad job necessarily. I think it will be 3 years until we know how much he screwed up! (next elections). Either way, the support he is getting is a show of unity in a country where a lot of times we are very divided. It's not exactly a bad thing, and at least we have our system of checks and balances so that he can't (alone) completely screw everything up! hehe. As far as common sense goes though, I kind of like the fact that he has his "rough edges", he doesn't take any crap. Coming from Chicago, we like that here. The Mayor of Chicago (Richard Daley) is the most "tell it like is" politician I have ever seen. Love him.

Re: right...but

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

Do you really need an election to know how a politician is doing? Can't you just know by reading his statements, following his actions, thinking about the consequences of his policies? He's trying to start another cold war the way he's behaving now. Offcourse some rough edges can be nice given that most politicans are smooth talkers (your country has had its share as well), but plain ignorance and bad politics have to be condemned for someone in his position.

Re: right...but

[aquariusmama.livejournal.com]

Ooops, I didn't make myself clear. No, I don't need an election to see how a politician is doing. All I mean is that this is pretty early in his term and he has plenty of time to screw everything up or improve on his current stance. It's hard to tell how a President's term will be seen overall from just the first year, do you know what I mean? This hasn't exactly been an easy first year of his term either.

Re: right...but

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

I know sometimes it takes years to judge someone, how they'll end up in history, compared to others. But in this case one can directly see the mistakes he's making.

So, no, it hasn't been easy for him, still I think I can safely justify my previous comments.

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