[Gondring]

No offense meant to the Catholic FReepers, but I am glad this guy was executed. I understand his sister died in the WTC, but he acted on the fallacious reasoning that a person can be judged by his appearance.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Patel is an INDIAN name (from Gujarat primarily if I am not mistaken)--for crying out loud. Maybe Hindu. Maybe Punjabi. Maybe Jain. At any rate, what in the hell do Indians have to do with 9-11? This is like toothless, kneejerk hicks gunning down or firebombing Chinese in East LA thinking they are "Japs" in the heighth of WWII, even China suffereed in many ways (their population) under the Japanese than did the Americans. If anyone has suffered because of Islamobastard jihadism, it has to be the Indians. Sheesh. (Of course, I could always have my facts wrong).

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Yet KSM lives on, might even be freed if Holder has his way.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Figures.

Good Riddens!! Say hi to HITLER.

[The KG9 Kid]

When this murderer killed an Indian national after 9/11, I worked at an SF Bay Area IT company that employed lots of Indians/Pakistanis/Bangaladeshi engineers. I'd gotten soprt of friendly with a few of them, and in a conversation we had I realized that this incident really worried them. A Punjabi we employed stopped wearing his turban and exchanged it for a baseball cap, even.

I tried to soothe their worry by making the following comments:

"The USA is a nation of 300 million people and so far, this is the only incident we've heard of where a single lunatic decided to exact his own brand of revenge for the terror attacks upon an innocent man who wasn't even Arab. It's really to our nation's credit that this is the only incident we know of, isn't it? Let's be honest now: What would happen in India if Pakistan killed 3000 people in Bangalore just like what happened in New York? How safe would India's Muslim minority be? Man, I saw some news story not too long ago where 300 people were killed in a melee at a train station in India between Hindus and Muslims that started over an insult over someone's beard.

Finally, gents, it's really awful that this man was killed, and I am not trying to make excuses for this murderer, but running a sleepy late-night liquor store out on a remote highway in central Texas is pretty dangerous business. Getting killed by a gunman is almost something that would have happened to him eventually anyway."

They agreed and seemed to feel better. I recall that several other Indian engineers who were friends of theirs started treating me like they were familiar friends after that.

[PghBaldy]

As they say, the exception proves the rule- he is the exception. After 9/11, if anything, Americans showed extraordinary kindness to Muslims living in the US.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

killing of a man from India in what Stroman believed to be revenge for the September 11, 2001,

No one ever accused racists of being too smart.

[WayneS]

Maybe he will end up being one of someone else’s ‘seventy virgins’ — in hell.

[Anti-Bubba182]

"..killing of a man from India.."

What a mutant!

[A Navy Vet]

Some years back I changed my belief about capital punishment from pro to con. Reason being: most States and the Fed are TOO humane with their go to sleepy time and not wake up drugs. I hope that my loved ones and I can go out that easily.

NOW, I prefer the monsters stay alive and endure a lifetime of misery, even if only the second to second longing for freedom. But then, my biggest hope is they find Bubba, their bestest friend...and live their life forever bent over a lower bunk...

No, I have no mercy for the monsters of the World. My compassion only goes so far. I reserve my sympathy and empathy for the good guys. Don't like it liberal bleeding-hearts? Shove it up your whiny we-are-the-world back side. What a big surprise you'll have when the monsters come knocking at your door. Bet you won't sing the same tune then...