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[stephanie familiar]

we need a general news thread..



Gang rape of 11-year-old Texas girl is on cell phone video, say police

i hope all 18, yes EIGHTEEN, of those pieces of shit get life without parole. but they won't. i wonder what the maximum sentence for sexual assault, aggravated or otherwise, is in texas.

[Henry Blanco]

i wonder what the maximum sentence for sexual assault, aggravated or otherwise, is in texas.

http://www.arte-sana...pe_statutes.pdf

[Ricardo_C]

I only favor the death penalty for crimes that take someone's life, but I'd be glad to make an exception in this case. What rehabilitation is there for people who think gang-raping an 11-year-old is ok?

I remember when news of this case first broke last year. The girl's mother had to deal with a heap of scorn from the community who kept essentially accusing her child of "asking for it" for hanging out with older men.

[stephanie familiar]

I only favor the death penalty for crimes that take someone's life, but I'd be glad to make an exception in this case. What rehabilitation is there for people who think gang-raping an 11-year-old is ok?

I remember when news of this case first broke last year. The girl's mother had to deal with a heap of scorn from the community who kept essentially accusing her child of "asking for it" for hanging out with older men.

there was a similar case here in canada a year or so ago, and the reactions of the victim's peers were revolting. a couple news agencies interviewed some of the students and they said things like she was asking for it, or she was probably lying to get attention. the worst part is, it was the females just as much as the males that were saying these things.

i recall being particularly angry that those people who took pictures of the attack and spread them over facebook, were never charged, and that the guys are all sticking up for one another.

[Chris Fenton]

I only favor the death penalty for crimes that take someone's life, but I'd be glad to make an exception in this case. What rehabilitation is there for people who think gang-raping an 11-year-old is ok?

Castration might work, but only if you take the cock and balls....

[Christian U]

Yeah, it's definitely the kind of crime that leaves you speechless.

[stephanie familiar]

ugh, who put this as its own thread? just delete it, i don't want to see the title every time i click on the pub. it's depressing.

[Robert B]

Yeah I vote for deleting this thread too. I'm never a fan of the threads where some unspeakable crime is described and then everyone talks about what horrible things should happen to the perpetrators. The world can be a horrible place and humans can be a horrible species, we all know that.

[Arjan Dirkse]

I like the thread's title

No surprise there.

[njerry]

Well, Stephanie's link was originally in a thread called News of the Weird, Whimsical and Wonderful; I guess someone decided that it didn't "fit" there.

[Adam Balson]

What. The. Fuck?

That's horrible beyond words. That's just... fucking hell.

[Steve Sensible]

Is this a case of Twitter Chinese whispers, or is there really a man with a bomb holding hostages in Tottenham Court Road?

[Paul F]

Is this a case of Twitter Chinese whispers, or is there really a man with a bomb holding hostages in Tottenham Court Road?

Seems true. Details from Huff Post journalist here: https://twitter.com/#!/hullstephen

Tottenham Court Road Offices Evacuated Over 'Bomb Threat'

The Huffington Post UK building has been evacuated after a man reportedly wearing a gas cannister threatened to blow himself up in the adjoining building.

According to reports from the scene, Tottenham Court Road has been cordoned off and there is a hostage situation.

People near the scene have reported shots being fired and that computers and equipment has been thrown out of the windows of the office block.

Police have yet to comment on the bomb threat report.

[garjones]

Bomb threats are a dime a dozen in London. In the late 90s when I was with the bank we'd get at least one a week. We weren't allowed to divulge to customers but it would go up on boards in the call centre that so and so branch had an emergency closure.

We'll just have to wait and see if this is genuine or the Huff guys panicking, although the hostage claim seems to suggest it is more serious.

[Steve Sensible]

A friend of mine is nearby and can hear helicopters overhead. The whole area is cordoned off.

[Chris Fenton]

BBC link to the story...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17869815

London's Tottenham Court Road has been sealed off and a building evacuated after witnesses reported a man inside had threatened to blow himself up.
Police were called just before noon after computer equipment and office furniture was thrown from the fifth floor of an office building.
Witnesses claimed a man "had a bomb and was threatening to blow himself up".
An internal email from Camden Council seen by the BBC described the incident as "a hostage situation".
"Hostages have been ordered to throw computers from the window by the suspect," it said.
Scotland Yard said a 300m cordon had been put in place and a negotiator was on scene.
The force said: "It is unclear if there are other people in the building."

[Ogul]

i hope all 18, yes EIGHTEEN, of those pieces of shit get life without parole. but they won't. i wonder what the maximum sentence for sexual assault, aggravated or otherwise, is in texas.

Hey, it's Texas, with any luck the maximum penalty would be castration via truck pull.

I only favor the death penalty for crimes that take someone's life, but I'd be glad to make an exception in this case. What rehabilitation is there for people who think gang-raping an 11-year-old is ok?

The death penalty is too good for people like this. Let them spend life without parole in a maximum security prison, general population.

[Lucian Von Dooom]

I'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet.
Man eats another man's face, even after being shot by police.
and
New Jersey man throws intestines at cops after repeatedly stabbing himself
Some pretty messed up shit right there.

[stephanie familiar]

i hate you lucian! i thought we were all trying to let this thread die?

[Arjan Dirkse]

i hate you lucian! i thought we were all trying to let this thread die?

I'll kill the thread, cut it open and throw its intestines at you!