tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34768856.post6045124531230896234..comments2023-10-23T13:05:25.163-05:00Comments on Light Up My Room: so much hate..psuklinkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05805808687294874819noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34768856.post-70854888475058567352007-04-27T03:29:00.000-05:002007-04-27T03:29:00.000-05:00I wrote a similar entry in OD recently. What happ...I wrote a similar entry in OD recently. What happens to one of us, any one of us, happens to all of us. Glad we're on the same page.<BR/>~WEAVERAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34768856.post-8016591982682716282007-04-19T19:42:00.000-05:002007-04-19T19:42:00.000-05:00'manda, i am interested to know your feelings on t...'manda, i am interested to know your feelings on the death penalty. maybe this is my own "bible toting bullshit," but i personally believe that humans are imperfect, judgment belongs to god, and we are not to decide who "deserves" to live or die. my dad has told me he'd like to see "more public hangings" and both my parents have always told me some people "just should be killed." this, to me, is very far removed from true justice. i think it strips people of their humanity as well -- the executed is stripped of his life; the executioners are reduced, ironically, to hired murderers for the state; and what about the families of the victims, who are often invited to watch the death for a feeling of closure, justice, satisfaction?<BR/><BR/>this is quite the tangent, but i think it's related somehow and i'd like to hear your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>also, i joined one of those remembrance groups the other day, but promptly left because i felt it had become a center of hate and intolerance and argument, rather than unity and compassion. one poster insisted that all international students should undergo regular testing to make sure they were stable enough to continue to attend the university. i also find it sad that there was a mass exodus of korean students from virginia tech on monday because they were afraid of how they would be treated if they remained.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34768856.post-13458238707851933902007-04-19T09:01:00.000-05:002007-04-19T09:01:00.000-05:00::Hugs.::::Hugs.::Matt Agnellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702569632571611883noreply@blogger.com