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Bump.

This was what I was thinking of when I said it was really pretty silly for me to be obsessing about stereo systems when there's so many other things of much greater importance going on.

I'm saying a prayer for guidance for all concerned. Thanks for bringing this up, Dale.
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(Sorry, I got carried away. This subject is literally a matter of life and death!)
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Re: Dale asks for a very special favor

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Dale wrote:This post is about a death penalty case and I am aware that I am probably violating my own rule about political and controversial posts by putting it here. I ask for you to indulge me. If you are strongly in favor of the death penalty, the favor I ask is that you disregard this message. For people for or against it, I ask you not to force a lock of this thread by debating the issue here. There are other places to do that and, we've done it before.

...Please read it. Do me the honor of not commenting here...
Out of respect for the original poster, I won't post my opinions here. I don't wish death on anyone and wish you good luck on your efforts.
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It's all too sad.

Good post Dale.
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Bump.

Just to keep this on the radar.
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Flyingcursor wrote:It's all too sad.
Let's stay with that sentiment, since, surely, that's something everyone can agree on.

Thanks to all.
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*Bump*
And whether the blood be highland, lowland or no.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
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Dashing off my email to the governor, I wondered if it would do a whit of good. I wondered if he is pro death penalty or anti. I wondered if he cares what an Ohioan thinks about how justice is dispensed in Alabama. And I wondered if he would even take the time to read emails after hearing for years from people more vocal and insistent than I.

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FJohnSharp wrote:Dashing off my email to the governor, I wondered if it would do a whit of good. I wondered if he is pro death penalty or anti. I wondered if he cares what an Ohioan thinks about how justice is dispensed in Alabama. And I wondered if he would even take the time to read emails after hearing for years from people more vocal and insistent than I.

It's easy to push the send button, and it's easy to push the delete button.
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FJohnSharp wrote:Dashing off my email to the governor, I wondered if it would do a whit of good. I wondered if he is pro death penalty or anti. I wondered if he cares what an Ohioan thinks about how justice is dispensed in Alabama. And I wondered if he would even take the time to read emails after hearing for years from people more vocal and insistent than I.

It's easy to push the send button, and it's easy to push the delete button.
First, thanks for sending the email. It would be absolutely stunning and frankly unbelievable if the Governor acts on this case. He hasn't done so once for any case. His predecessor, a Democrat, (who is Federal prison right now, by the way), never acted on a case. In fact, I'm not sure if a governor of Alabama has ever acted to stop an execution. If so, it's been a long time and it's been the rarest of events.


The best we can hope for, I'm afraid, from this Governor is that these emails will soften him a little on the issue so that, maybe, he'll fight us a less hard on efforts to either stop or reform the death penalty in Alabama.

Thanks for your effort.
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*bump*
And whether the blood be highland, lowland or no.
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I just wish I could hug Darrel, and you, so hard.
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