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Scottish Official Says Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie Bomber "Must be Shown Compassion" - Video 8/20/09
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | August 20, 2009 | BrianinMO

Posted on 08/20/2009 9:24:31 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot

Here is video of a Scottish Official trying to justify the release of the Pan Am 103 Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi. Scotland has allowed him out of prison to return home to Libya to die. He is dying from Prostate Cancer.

The official said that the bomber must by shown "compassion," and al-Megrahi's crime is no reason to not show him compassion.

Obviously, this is a travesty of justice. He snuffed out the lives of 270 people without any compassion for them or their families. He was actually shown "compassion" in not receiving the death penalty that he deserved. Justice would demand that he serve his "life sentence," which should mean that he die in prison. . . . (Watch Video)

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: lockerbiebomber

1 posted on 08/20/2009 9:24:32 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot

Yeah, well the 270 souls murdered never had a chance to die of a disease.


2 posted on 08/20/2009 9:30:06 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Further proof that you CAN NOT rely on your government for “justice”.


3 posted on 08/20/2009 9:33:19 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Puppage

Yeah, well the 270 souls murdered never had a chance to die of a disease.
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Yep. They didn’t get a chance to ‘go home’ and ‘die with family by their side’.


4 posted on 08/20/2009 9:37:31 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ('Always love your country — but never trust your government!' ~ Robert Novak (RIP))
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To: Federalist Patriot

I thought life in prison was compassion? As compared to sharia law.


5 posted on 08/20/2009 9:38:12 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: Federalist Patriot

I dunno. I think dying gradually from prostate cancer is more justice than being ‘offed’ immediately in an execution. Like the old saying ‘hanging’s too good for him’.


6 posted on 08/20/2009 9:38:51 AM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism, it*s the new black.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Air drop the bastard from 31,000 feet.


7 posted on 08/20/2009 9:39:00 AM PDT by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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To: Federalist Patriot

He returns home to die a hero.


8 posted on 08/20/2009 9:39:06 AM PDT by nikos1121 (praying for -13)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Proper compassion would have been singing him a couple of hymns before giving him a good old-fashioned hanging.


9 posted on 08/20/2009 9:44:13 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: Trod Upon
Air drop the bastard from 31,000 feet.

Well, that's a second choice behind "eaten by a starving pig". Hmmm, if we airdrop the starving pig at the same time... Of course the pig will need a parachute (no reason to kill him with the fall).

10 posted on 08/20/2009 9:51:33 AM PDT by KarlInOhio ("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
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To: Federalist Patriot

I don’t approve of torturing this terrorist thug, but neither do I think he should get any special treatment or consideration at all. Let him die, alone, in the tiny prison cell he deserves.


11 posted on 08/20/2009 9:57:38 AM PDT by TurtleUp (flag@whitehouse.gov <------- So this is how liberty dies - to thunderous applause!)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Scotland is firmly under the iron fist of liberal fascism. Where is the compassion for the victims? Please boycott Scotland.


12 posted on 08/20/2009 10:03:06 AM PDT by gorilla_warrior (Metrosexual hairless RINOs for hopey-changey bipartisan-ness)
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To: Federalist Patriot

The official said that the bomber must by shown “compassion.

To damn bad the “official” was not on the plane....


13 posted on 08/20/2009 10:52:37 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Trod Upon
Air drop the bastard from 31,000 feet.

That's right, show him the same "compassion" he showed the people on the flight.

14 posted on 08/20/2009 10:54:58 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Federalist Patriot

‘Compassion’ is not a mathematical equation. Either you show it, if you think e.g. your religion compells you to do so, or you don’t. Too bad if this is not a popular sentiment. It’s simply my (Christian) interpretation of the term. Sadly the Brits didn’t just hang the bastard upon conviction, though. A moot point, now.


15 posted on 08/20/2009 12:34:49 PM PDT by Moltke
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To: Federalist Patriot

The last reference I heard to “Scottish law” was from Senator Spector during the Clinton impeachment hearings.


16 posted on 08/20/2009 3:59:30 PM PDT by Mobties
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To: KarlInOhio

Let’s compromise and cushion his landing just enough to leave him mangled and terrified but still conscious for the pig. :)


17 posted on 08/20/2009 8:01:46 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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