Craig Member Username: Craig
Post Number: 422 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 5:28 pm: | |
DN - re: "reform." Do you have a break point, a line beyond which you agree that an individual is beyond reform? I don't want a bloodbath, but I remember crowded schools and dirty playgrounds in my DPS experience. When the choice is coddle a crook or extra help for kids (or the elderly, or infrastructure repair, etc.) it's easy for me to prioritize. Take them out. |
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 1623 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 5:31 pm: | |
So, Craig, you propose some sort of Maoist Cultural Revolution where we kill those we deem crooked? I'm flabbergasted... |
Firstandten Member Username: Firstandten
Post Number: 122 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 5:32 pm: | |
Detroitnerd: That's funny. I had this, I don't know, kind of odd idea that we were supposed to take sick, twisted individuals who kill with impunity and to try to reform them. (That goes for Bush and Cheney too.) Thats the problem with this criminal justice system as a society we can't decide whether prison is to punish or reform so we do both... poorly ! BTW lets find that deserted island in the middle of the Pacific. Drop the prisoners there with some food and tools and tell them to make it as best you can |
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo
Post Number: 579 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 5:42 pm: | |
Tiger Stadium? Modern day Coliseum? Revenues? Hey we need those seats back! |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5599 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 5:42 pm: | |
The Jesus #2713 is a clasic post. jjaba, ROTFLMJAO. The Jesus did leave out the Dingo attacks possible, wild kangaroo meat for dinner, eating grub appetizers, and driving on the wrong side of the road, plus the toilet water flushing backwards. Thanks again. You are funny. jjaba, staying away from Rouge River. |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 4445 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 6:26 pm: | |
"BTW lets find that deserted island in the middle of the Pacific" That would be Farallon de Pajaros, northern most island of the Marianas, which as you all know, are US possessions. http://oceandots.com/pacific/m ariana/pajaros.htm |
Craig Member Username: Craig
Post Number: 423 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 7:15 pm: | |
DN - Do you understand what drove Mao and the Cultural Revolution? Your spurious linkage of the local incident and ideological terror suggests that a close re-read is in order. |
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl
Post Number: 1135 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 7:24 pm: | |
prison island? when i was about nine years old, i imagined a fortress built to contain prisoners. it was nothing more than a large, deeply forested area bound by thick concrete walls that were hundreds of feet tall, and extended hundreds of feet below ground. helicopters would fly by occasionally to drop food in that the prisoners would have to find and fight for. i agree with those who believe true punishment is lifetime incarceration. you can't execute a prisoner and hope they've "learned their lesson." death is not punishment for someone suffering, it's a release - and prison is suffering. there's a reason why timothy mcveigh demanded execution. it's nicer. now, another egregious aspect to this crime: the reporting. why was the media so completely unable to refer to the victim without predominantly featuring "registered sex offender" in the headlines and captions? cripes, you'd think the parents have incalculable grief as it is - and the unconscionable media, with its lust for sensationalism, spits in their faces. it's unforgivable. |
401don Member Username: 401don
Post Number: 12 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 7:37 pm: | |
I saw a CSI Las Vegas rerun a few days ago where the case was about a bunch of middle class, bored kids who go around beating innocent tourists just for the thrill until someone actually dies. Grisolm says at the end "That's what happens today when kids grow up with mass media, no morals, etc." I thought what a stupid, unrealistic episode that was and what a twisted mind those Hollywood writers have. |
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 1624 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 7:46 pm: | |
I dunno, sounds like you plan on icing people. Big time. Sounds about as unamerican as the Gestapo to me. |
Craig Member Username: Craig
Post Number: 424 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 7:56 pm: | |
DN - Nazis offed people because of what they were, not necessarily because of what they were doing. Individuals who deliberately break the contract need something extreme, and having had to protect my home and family with bats and guns I am content to forfeit the lives of those who threaten the peace of others. Same Constitution. Same due process. Just a noose for the real bad types. Maybe you have a very different world view, but I know people who have lived in mortal fear (not like a roller coaster ride where the danger passes - but live, day in and out), and it is for these people -victims- that I advocate extreme punishment. |
J__rod Member Username: J__rod
Post Number: 3 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 8:56 pm: | |
So how did they even link these two kids to the murder? I haven't read anything that says why these two kids are guilty. |
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 1625 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 8:57 pm: | |
Great. I'm sure all the people you kill will deserve it. And the only added casualty will be our way of life as Americans. Super ... fucking ... stupid. You are not entitled to your opinion. |
Sticks Member Username: Sticks
Post Number: 354 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 11:31 pm: | |
Wow, this thread couldn't even reach the 2nd post without someone trying to start a shit-fit. And some of you wonder why Dyes posting/membership might be down.. |
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl
Post Number: 1146 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 11:37 pm: | |
quote:And some of you wonder why Dyes posting/membership might be down.. supersport spilled beer on his keyboard, that's why. |
Unclefrank Member Username: Unclefrank
Post Number: 117 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 8:18 am: | |
What was a guy in his late 20's doing hanging around with a 17 year old kid? And he also owed him money? WTF |
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765
Post Number: 2068 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 8:34 am: | |
Yeah - dead guy with no head was a sex offender, so Im thinking perhaps theres more to the story than "we were bored". Right now we are riding a wave of media hysterics - watch, later it will get much more specific. Im betting it was not a 'thrill' kill, but perchance a payback of some sort. |
Craig Member Username: Craig
Post Number: 425 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 8:56 am: | |
DN - answer the original question: how far is "too far" for bad behavior? Were the executions of Nazis at Nuremberg wrong? Sadddam Hussein? Timothy McVeigh? |
Craig Member Username: Craig
Post Number: 426 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 8:58 am: | |
Mauser - "dead guy" per Detroit News, was 17 when he slept with a 14-year old. By that standard we probably both know lots of sex offenders. I agree that there is probably something more to the case, but I doubt that whatever is not yet public is related to a boyfriend/girlfriend fling nearly ten years ago. |
Defendbrooklyn Member Username: Defendbrooklyn
Post Number: 540 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 9:12 am: | |
When i first read this article i felt sick...These two kids are nasty animals...Jail is not justice for these bums. Why waste the money on taking care of them. The victim's family should be aloud to choose the methods of torture. |
Gnome Member Username: Gnome
Post Number: 369 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 9:18 am: | |
The victim was 17 and had sex with his 14 year old girlfriend. He was convicted of having sex with a minor, jeeze, as bad as that is, it doesn't really match the generalized notion of a "sex offender". He wasn't a trenchcoat wearing cretin, he was a young guy who showed bad judgement. Regardless, no one deserves to be lured into a garage, a garage prepared with a tarp on the floor to catch the blood, then repeated stabbed in the back, bled white, and decapitated. These boys are germs, and need to studied, then filed away in a prison for the rest of their lives. In prison they will be preyed upon - passed from one gang to another - their rectums will bleed from repeated violations, their jaws will be broken, their eyes blackened. They will suffer short and terror-filled lives. But that assumes that Kim Worthy will actually convict them. |
Catman_dude Member Username: Catman_dude
Post Number: 260 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 10:25 am: | |
I was working the midnight shift at a convenience store in Westland in the early 1980's. There were always 3 guys who would hang out at the side of the store nearly to 3:00am or even to 5:00am. Talk about losers! They always gave me trouble and stole stuff from the store. One night, they got violent when I stood up to them and I started to carry a gun with me to my shift. But the store manager wouldn't back me up or do anything about those guys. So I quit. About a year later, one of the guys raped and killed his own sister. Killings happen all over but we get some of the more twisted ones, it seems. |
The_ed Member Username: The_ed
Post Number: 915 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 10:51 am: | |
Dumb Question of the Day: Okay- a convict is about to be put to death by lethal injection. Why do they rub alcohol on the guys arm before the injection? |
Karl_jr Member Username: Karl_jr
Post Number: 162 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 10:58 am: | |
out of habit! kill'em all and let God sort'em out. |
Craig Member Username: Craig
Post Number: 430 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 11:12 am: | |
Do "they" swab the arm with alcohol? You're probably thinking of the movies (unless you're playing at being DY Andy Rooney). |
The_ed Member Username: The_ed
Post Number: 919 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 11:17 am: | |
Do they think that if they don't swab the arm, the dead-guy will develop an infection? I say jab it right in his arm and be done with it. |
Falstaff Member Username: Falstaff
Post Number: 78 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 11:28 am: | |
I saw this photo on another site. WDIV's Karen Drew thought it was necessary to demonstrate the proper method for beheading someone on the six o'clock news:
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Crystal Member Username: Crystal
Post Number: 62 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 11:39 am: | |
Is this for real? Was this really during a segment about the killing? |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 3098 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 11:42 am: | |
"So how did they even link these two kids to the murder? I haven't read anything that says why these two kids are guilty." Rumor has it there's a third involved that's been pointing the way. |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 2174 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 11:48 am: | |
quote:Is this for real? Was this really during a segment about the killing? I know, right? The 6 o'clock news has officially jumped the shark. |
Gnome Member Username: Gnome
Post Number: 371 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 12:48 pm: | |
Alexander James Letkemann's myspace page http://www.myspace.com/5565693 4 |
Falstaff Member Username: Falstaff
Post Number: 79 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 4:15 pm: | |
quote:Is this for real? Was this really during a segment about the killing? Yes, happened last night. New lows in TV news. What a horrible reporter. |
Steamaker Member Username: Steamaker
Post Number: 27 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 4:33 pm: | |
"I saw a CSI Las Vegas rerun a few days ago where the case was about a bunch of middle class, bored kids who go around beating innocent tourists just for the thrill until someone actually dies. Grisolm says at the end "That's what happens today when kids grow up with mass media, no morals, etc." I thought what a stupid, unrealistic episode that was and what a twisted mind those Hollywood writers have." 401 Don. If you look it up on the internet, this actually happened here in Vegas. A bunch of kids going around beating people for a thrill. Hollywood didn't make this up |
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23
Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 5:13 pm: | |
I heard on the news today that the "sex offender" was seventeen and the girl was fourteen,BUT,she told him that she was sixteen at the time. How many ID's did YOU check when you were that age? Also my friends and I at that age had some of the first photo/non paper MDL's at that time. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 4298 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 5:25 pm: | |
Well, if anything, this proves the old saying: "A friend will help you move; a true friend will help you move a body." And what does that woman sword-swallower have to do with this thread? |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 6797 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 9:05 am: | |
Kids who thrill kill! If the problems start at home, then the warning signs should be present. Alexander Letkemann and Jean Pierre Orlewicz had hid their psychological hurt in their hearts and went out to find a innocent man and kill for the thrill of it. This is what happens if parents don't watch their children or teach them from right from wrong. |
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus
Post Number: 2732 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 9:29 am: | |
^the one guy is 18 and the other was 5 minutes from being 18...we aren't talking about children here who can't be expected to know right from wrong...these guys are adults, and will be treated as such... |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 6799 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 9:37 am: | |
If these two young adults didn't knew from right from wrong. But they decided to do wrong from right. |
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo
Post Number: 582 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 9:50 am: | |
Quote: "these guys are adults, and will be treated as such..." Don't be surprised. |
Gnome Member Username: Gnome
Post Number: 377 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 10:14 am: | |
This whole thing reminds me of Leopold and Loeb and their 1920's "thrill kill" of little Bobby Franks. http://www.leopoldandloeb.com/ Loeb was killed in prison, Leopold was paroled in 1958 after 33 years in prison where he established prison educational programs and submitted to malaria vaccination studies. Loeb's father was an exceedingly wealthy guy by being a big-wig at Sears and Roebuck. Loeb also owned an experimental farm in Charlevoix known as CastleFarms. It is now a music venue, like Pineknob, and conference center. Leopold and Loeb had Clarence Darrow defend them, I doubt those punks Letkemann and Orlewicz will have such resources available to them. good. |
Crystal Member Username: Crystal
Post Number: 63 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 10:34 am: | |
I agree with Danny, up to a point. When the Columbine killings happened, I remember yelling at the television, "What do you mean the parents didn't know their kids were building bombs in the garage!?! What parent doesn't know what their kids are doing? A younger brother of mine, now 45, misbehaved since he could walk and was in trouble with the law until he was about 30. The four other siblings were raised by the same attentive parents and turned out "fine" (whatever that means). Our youngest son/stepson gained much local notoriety about four years ago when he set off a bomb in his middle school and was expelled. He, too, was troubled and difficult from the beginning. We tried every type of intervention: camp, medication, psychotherapy, strict rules, lenient rules, everything. I know it is tempting to assume that families are clueless about their own kids because they are too busy, but that is not always the case. |
Unclefrank Member Username: Unclefrank
Post Number: 120 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 11:17 am: | |
I read that Clarence Darrow didn't even get hardly paid for his efforts to keep those two punks out of the electric chair. They felt that he was paid enough by the publicity. Serves him right. Those two should have fried. BTW, Karen looks really "hot" with that knife! (Message edited by unclefrank on November 14, 2007) |
Karl_jr Member Username: Karl_jr
Post Number: 164 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 3:48 pm: | |
"Karen looks really "hot" with that knife!" Yea baby, my kinda gal! |
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 1034 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 3:26 am: | |
Further proof that y'all suburbanites are just bat-shit crazy when it comes to killing people. Beheadings, cutting up wives in band saws, dumping bodies in lakes. Shucks, if we Detroiters are gonna kill somebody, we just plain ol' shoot 'em. Boring but still effective and without the mess. |
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 89 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 4:04 am: | |
i guess i should be living in detroit, just shoot em, oh yeah ya forgot about putting the body in the freezer, this reminds me of the kids in warren who cut that girls head off and put it in the freezer. |