Right. I'm back! Anyone miss me?

I guess it's all been said now and I am still unconvinced that the death penalty is either a deterent or a fair punishment. I suppose I never will be.

I remember seeing a thread here about a letter from God. Anyone remember it? I'm not a God botherer myself but I found it quite amusing in that God was explaining his (or her!) commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill', to all the people who treat the old testament as a holy book. That includes, in alphabetic order so don't take offense ;-), Christians, Jews and Muslims. He went on to say how simple could he get. Four small words and no room for interpretation.

Death sentence aside it is funny how so many followers of all these faiths like to add their own little qualifiers to the end of that one isn't it:-) I suppose someone will explain to me that in the original script it did not realy mean that...

I don't thik I have any more to add apart from a little quip that someone may like to use. My good friends and Swinton folk club residents, Dave and Ged, liked to introduce 'Sam Hall' by explaining that the judiciary at the time, being very enlightened, gave Sam a suspended sentence.



They hung him...

Cheers, greetings for whatever midwinter festival you care to choose and peace to one and all.

DtG