[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Kyle

Having him rot away the rest of his life in a secure cell with nothing but the four walls for company is a much more suitable punishment in my opinion. Executing him would end his suffering quickly and ensure his path-hood to martyrdom for his buddies and sympathisers I think.

I'm not in favour of secretly killing people off and passing it off as suicide either. Sounds very shady to me.

I don't like the eye for an eye policy. We are better than they are. That's what makes them and us different.

Unless the turd is going to be kept in solitary confinement in a special 'military' jail, 'four stone walls' is not the reality of prison life now Kyle - they're all like hotels. Central heating, 4 square meals per day, phones, TV radios, civilian clothing, easier access to drugs and other contraband than on the outside, and even scum like Myra Hindley can not only attain acceptance, but even friendship as the abhorrent gravity of their offences are overlooked or fade over time.

Historically Martyrdom is generally a fallacy as far as executing terrorists is concerned, and even where the organisation concerned initially hails such a death as 'Martyrdom' and uses it for propaganda purposes - it is usually only of relevance within that organisation and its effects are short-lived. Bobby Sands was an IRA 'Martyr who starved himself to death in prison but he was all but forgotten within a very short time and now virtually no one knows who he was.

In addition, these evil terrorist bastards would not shirk at kidnapping innocent Western civilians - men, women, or children - and keeping them hostage in order to force the West into an exchange for imprisoned terrorists.

I really believe that - as Ninastar claims - this kind of terrorist warfare is increasing and is very much more of a real threat to free democratic countries than is generally realised, and I do not believe that we can continue to fight crazy scum bastards like these by continuing to politely adhere to the Marquess of Queensberry rules. They have a fanatical agenda and will not ever stop until they achieve it. They cannot be appeased or reasoned with, and they have no intrinsic moral code, humanitarian feelings or sense of decency. They are sub-human, evil killers, and it is time to face that reality, take off the kid gloves, cast aside our own ethics and morals, and fight 'fire with fire', with total victory as a primary objective, and total eradication of these murderers as a close second.