Do you waive your right to compassion when you commit a crime?
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Friday, 8 Aug. 2010
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The UK government has urged Libya not to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi, the man who was freed on compassionate grounds as he was dying of cancer.
Reports from Tripoli suggest he could now live for another SEVEN years.
K Adrian Denton - All those people on the airliner, how much longer did doctors say have to live before the maniac blew them to bits?
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Ramune Tamasauskaite - it is not like he is left to have a normal life: the guy is sick, he stayed a bit longer alive than planned: good for him. imprisinment is not compassion
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The day he decided 2kill all those p’ple he gave up the option of b’ng treated wth compassion i cant believe that some people feel sorry for him god,
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Modern Jan on the blog: Define "compassion." I think the state already shows a lot of compassion by giving terminally prisoners expensive medical treatment. Where do you draw the line? So I think the question should be: HOW MUCH compassion should we extend to criminals?
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The #CivWA Youth Assembly is passionate about compassion for murderers. Listen in on @bbc_whys
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Compassion for prisonners is NOT letting them live in prisons/not executing them especially when they are dying @bbc_whys #civwa
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Dokk212 emailed - I am not too proud to be Scottish at the moment..I agree with the American relatives who have lost dear ones..someone needs to be held responsible for letting this man go free
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Daniel emailed - He should have never been released! I'm not saying I take pleasure in a criminal being punished, but people have to pay the consequence or there's no deterrent. And Libya should be ashamed of themselves for celebrating his release - it's the same as celebrating mass murder.
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Bill White - If he is innocent then release him because he is innocent. If he is guilty then he should not have been released for compassion
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Richard Gaskin - The way the goverment withhold information ,he may well have been innocent or not ? he has been used as a pawn by our goverment and BP Oil !
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Nkore Percy - Forgivness is always easy to say but hard to implement personally. he should have never been released at all
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Jan Wright - Does compassion mean that we wave a sentence?
Can you have compassion without dissolving the consequences?
Are there other ways that we can show compassion?
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Michael Quallet - When i eventually get cancer, I'm going to travel to Libya. (Apparently they can work medical miracles there)
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George Frimpong Basoah - One has the right to companssion depending on the intensity of crime commited,hence self concious criminals who commit dispeakable crimes whiles in thier correct state of mind such as the murder of innocent women and children should not be granted compassion
Do you waive your right to compassion when you commit a crime?
| Friday, 8 Aug. 2010 | 18:06 - 19:00 GMT
The UK government has urged Libya not to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi, the man who was freed on compassionate grounds as he was dying of cancer.
Reports from Tripoli suggest he could now live for another SEVEN years.
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K Adrian Denton - All those people on the airliner, how much longer did doctors say have to live before the maniac blew them to bits?
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Ramune Tamasauskaite - it is not like he is left to have a normal life: the guy is sick, he stayed a bit longer alive than planned: good for him. imprisinment is not compassion
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The day he decided 2kill all those p’ple he gave up the option of b’ng treated wth compassion i cant believe that some people feel sorry for him god,
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Modern Jan on the blog: Define "compassion." I think the state already shows a lot of compassion by giving terminally prisoners expensive medical treatment. Where do you draw the line? So I think the question should be: HOW MUCH compassion should we extend to criminals?
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The #CivWA Youth Assembly is passionate about compassion for murderers. Listen in on @bbc_whys
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Compassion for prisonners is NOT letting them live in prisons/not executing them especially when they are dying @bbc_whys #civwa
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@SJNB_NBYS at #civwa participating in the @bbc_whys coverage
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Dokk212 emailed - I am not too proud to be Scottish at the moment..I agree with the American relatives who have lost dear ones..someone needs to be held responsible for letting this man go free
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Daniel emailed - He should have never been released! I'm not saying I take pleasure in a criminal being punished, but people have to pay the consequence or there's no deterrent. And Libya should be ashamed of themselves for celebrating his release - it's the same as celebrating mass murder.
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Bill White - If he is innocent then release him because he is innocent. If he is guilty then he should not have been released for compassion
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Richard Gaskin - The way the goverment withhold information ,he may well have been innocent or not ? he has been used as a pawn by our goverment and BP Oil !
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Nkore Percy - Forgivness is always easy to say but hard to implement personally. he should have never been released at all
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Jan Wright - Does compassion mean that we wave a sentence? Can you have compassion without dissolving the consequences? Are there other ways that we can show compassion?
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Michael Quallet - When i eventually get cancer, I'm going to travel to Libya. (Apparently they can work medical miracles there)
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George Frimpong Basoah - One has the right to companssion depending on the intensity of crime commited,hence self concious criminals who commit dispeakable crimes whiles in thier correct state of mind such as the murder of innocent women and children should not be granted compassion