The Dog is not a supporter of the death penalty. It is not that he thinks there are no crimes where the proper punishment is death, there are things that some humans do to others from which there is no coming back. There are people who are so damaged that they will continually damage and kill those around them. For these few, it seems the prudent course is to make sure they can never hurt anyone else again and the only way to really do that is to take their lives. The problem is not in the concept as it much as it is in the practical application of the death penalty.

"Originally posted at Squarestate.net"

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Cross posted at Blazing Indiscretions and The Peace Tree.

I lived in Houston for over twenty years and still never cease to be amazed at what happens in the Lone Star State. A few weeks ago, on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, there was police violence against LBGTs in Fort Worth. Now there is this ridiculous police behaviour in west Texas:

At about 12:30 a.m. on the morning of June 29, the five men were placing their order at the Chico's Tacos on Montwood when the two men made their public display of affection, sparking the ire of two contracted security guards at the restaurant, police and witnesses said. After the group sat down, the security guards told them "they didn't allow that faggot stuff to go on there," and made them leave, de Leon said.

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