- Point 2. "Tastless argument."
In the event the letter is replied to, I will post the reply.Some typographical errors were corrected prior to posting letters, but the content remained intact. In a letter I wrote to CCADP, I made some statements that I now publicly apologize for. The comments were unfair, and uncalled for. I reaize that CCADP has a mission in as much as I do,and I respect that. Again, my apologies to CCADP..
After reading your page, it strikes me that even after the murderer was
executed, that you obviously have found little "closure".
Proof that the death penalty does not work, that it does not provide
some magical relief the day after the execution, the same wounds are
still there, and no one has been resurrected.
So what did you get ?
If this man had friends or family you got to make sure they suffered the
same loss as you did, except they had to deal with it hanging over their
heads like a cancer for years before it took place.
If you got to witness it...You got to see him forced to die before a
live audience...
Last meal, last words...really humiliate him,and his friends and family
if they were there too...
Yet after all of this, it still takes up so much of your time that you
feel it necessary to campaign to make sure that other people die, even
setting up mock webpages of people sentenced to die who are trying to
save their lives, or simply asking for a little human contact before
they're killed....what kind of satisfaction would someone take in doing
such a thing ? Does it somehow 'even the score' ?
You said "NONE of the worlds religious leaders are the surviving family
members of the victims of brutal and senceless murders."
What you mean is that none of the worlds religious leaders can
understand the hate and anger that you feel as a result of the murder of
a close family member. Thats true - they are not blinded by pain and
strong emotion, but are looking at it from a philosophical, moral and
ethical point of view. Sometimes that nots easy to do when its your
family thats affected. If someone killed a close family member or loved
one in our family, our initial response might be to want to hurt that
person, to strike out and make them feel the same pain and grief that we
are feeling for what they've done - however when the moment passes and
logic and reason begin to settle in, I can't sanction taking someone's
life because I would feel that I'd be nothing less that what they
are....
By the way, just prior to our becoming involved in the fight against the
death penalty, one of our friends was found dead in a dumpster, beaten
and stabbed countless times. So we understand that anger for sure,
though I am sure when its a family member its much, much more painful.
You said "In as much as I vigorously persue my goal, I am sure you will
persue yours."
What is your ultimate goal ? Ours is to end state murder / executions
so that no one regardless of rank, position in society, serial killer or
politician, that NO ONE can ever be justified in taking the life of
another human being for any reason, EVER again.
Over half the world has done this already, and we wait for the US to
take its place and set an example for China, Cuba, and other countries
that you condemn for their human rights abuses...
Thanks for your message...
Dave Parkinson and Tracy Lamourie
CCADP http://www.ccadp.org
FlyWithMe4406@aol.com wrote:
>
> Point 1. I see a real human read the page, and my mail was'nt autoresponded.
> For that, my respects.
> Point 2. NEVER in that page did I mention that it was a memorial page for my
> sister. The page is a statement of my political views, and I made that
> blatently clear. I did ploace a memorial candle on that page for my
> sister,granted, but the page is obviously NOT a
memorial page. Tastless
> arguement.
> Point 3. I am not in the field of making Memorial
pages. I am in the field of
> Death Penalty Activism. I have my reasons, and I
made them blatently clear.
> Point 4. In fact yes, It was communicated to me that
some who were directy
> affected by Lancelot Armstrong's victim's murder
were upset to see him
> mentioned, even in the context that I did. You may
notice tht I removed the
> ENTIRE files, as opposed to simply the background.
And the letter was indeed
> in the same batch as yours.
> point 5. NONE of the worlds religious leaders are
the surviving family
> members of the victims of brutal and senceless
murders.
> I could go on, but at the time of this writing, I
have put in a long day at
> work, and I am quite tired.
> I do respect you for the work you do. You have your
beliefs in as much as I
> do. Indeed it is unfortunate that we have to do the
work we do at all. I
> would be far more comfortable if we both just didn't
have to do any of this
> at all. In as much as I vigorously persue my goal, I
am sure you will persue
> yours. Perhaps one day murders will stop, and we
will have no goal left to
> persue.
> Respectfully yours,
> ERROL MCINNES
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My goal is two fold; First, to see that justice in Florida continues on its progressive course to bring justice to those who murder, and two, to see to it that the public understands the execution of a judicial sentence is NOT murder.
Regardless of your point of view that the Bush brothers are "serial killers" I support both of them in their political views. Murders in both Florida ans Texas are DETERRED by executing those killers who would otherwise find their way out of prison, and kill again. In the eyes of a murderer, he or she needs no "right" or "prerogative" to take the life of another, they just assume that right.
George Bush Jr, and Jeb Bush do not execute inmates. They have listened to the desires of the people of their respective states, an they have gone along with their constituent's wishes.
Read the webpage again, and you will see that execution is NOT murder. I am familiar with the inmate's last meal, his last request, the hood over the face, all that.
and I still stand on the belief that killers like Allen Davis, Pedro Medina,Judias Buenoano, Jessie Taferro, and the many others that you glorified, will NEVER kill again. THAT is the justice I seek.
ERROL MCINNES
