so, What do people make of this?

[SciFiBoy]

dsister44 said:

SciFiBoy said:

dsister44 said:
Well, Scifiboy you are not going to like my response. He should have gotten the death penalty

well, as you know, im opposed the Death Penalty in any situation, so no, I dont agree with that.

personally, so far as I can tell it is the decision of the Scottish government what to do with prisoners under there purview, so why the US and UK central government are involved is confusing to me, as for the decision itself, its a difficult one, I mean, he is gonna die anyway and he is no longer a threat to society...so I can understand the reasons to release him, though the Libiyan reaction was rather tactless given the circumstances. 

I agree with you there. It is no business of either the United States or British governments.

But I do not think he should have been let out of jail. He killed 270+ people. He should not have been released from prison to recieve a "hero's welcome" back in Libya.

well, the Scottish government said its on Compassionate grounds because he's gonna die and is no longer a threat to society, which makes sense to me anyway, but yeah, like i said, Libya didnt do themselves any favours with that welcome. I know some people would argue that he doesnt deserve compassion and i totaly understand why but that said, I think compassion is an important thing, so in a way the Scottish government can claim the morale high ground on that, by saying, you may not have compassion for others, but we will show you that we are capable of it for you despite that. (im probably making this point badly, sounder better in my head really)