what the Hell is wrong with Europe???

I would've thought you had respect for Freedom Fighters.

Remember this is the same country that caved to demands of muslim extremists after the train bombings. Never expect to see much in the way of backbone from European countries,with the possible exception of the UK. Even they are being taken over by the appeasing leftists.

From what I have read, there is a movement to stop British Schools from teaching about the Holocaust becuase it might offend people who "don't believe it happened". Whats next?

Thats a spanish thing, the current administration of Spain has been extremely weak/friendly towards the ETA.

Northpaw? wrote:

From what I have read, there is a movement to stop British Schools from teaching about the Holocaust becuase it might offend people who "don't believe it happened". Whats next?

Hows this different from what some extremists demand in the US?

What extremist demands? You mean Pelosi and the "i'm rich and can do what i want" crowd?

Like there are no Nazis in the US...

Remind me, how did the US deal with this situation ?

I don't know any personally, and George Lincoln Rockwell died some years ago.

I love peeps, you are unimaginably stupid.

First, this is a case in Spain. It is not an action carried out by "Europe."

Second, this is a decision by the Spanish Supreme Court. The "administrators," whoever the hell they are, had nothing to do with it.

Third, it is very controversial even there. Obviously the Spanish public are not "sheep" who are unthinkingly agreeing with this decision.

Fourth, the prisoner has not yet been released--they have not yet "let [him] go."

Fifth, the problem seems to be with the sentencing guidelines--these somehow reduced his 3000-year sentence to 12 years. Obviously the sentencing law needs to be revised. But in your world only sheep do things like have their legislatures pass statutes and then later amend them when the laws prove problematic. No, the right solution to any problem is to riot in the streets and lynch people.

Sixth, can you point to any other case where this has occurred, instead of casually " wonder[ing] how many times they do this a year"?

Finally, do you think that multiple murderers don't get off easily in the U.S.? Five or six years ago, a mob hitman in Boston received a 10-year sentence for agreeing to cooperate in the prosecution of the FBI agents who had been protecting his boss, Whitey Bulger.

God, I hope that someone cuts off the internet connection to your bunker soon.

I've just seen the picture of the released British hostages waving for the cameras in matching suits

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Looks oddly like the England football team returning home after (the quarter finals of) any recent tournament...only much less humiliating. It's just too bizarre to handle.

Iranians release hostages wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6525905.stm

Remind me, how did the US deal with this situation ?

We sent a helicopter that crashed in the desert. (Hey, it's a start! Unfortunately Mr. Peanut Carter then had his hands full trying to fight off swamp rabbits, so he couldn't give his full attention to the hostage crisis.)

I'm with you on this one peeps.

Killing 25 people; they should end his hunger strike by feeding him bullets.

What a great response. The sentencing guidelines date back to the Franco era - about 1973 - which explains the sentence limit.

Also there is a greater political issue that the original poster hastily overlooked. If de Juana dies, he will become a martyr for the basque separatist movement. Think back to the 80s in N. Ireland when IRA hunger strikers were allowed to starve to death. Didn't turn out too well.

In sum, the original poster needs to inform himself better.

Ol' Grumpus, way to say it! I have some qualms with the Europeans, but you are right by all accounts.

He killed 25 people.

I don't care who you are or what you say, unless you are a soldier fighting in an armed conflict, killing that many people should be punishable by only one thing...

swift and immediate execution.

However I can accept a weeny ass country putting them in prison for the rest of their life...

But I can not accept one of these people being set free. Too me, when the judicial system makes that kind of judgement, the system is no longer functional. When the system is no longer functional you have very few options. If you did go through legal means to abridge the aforementioned system, it would likely take many years. He is set to be released in less than one. Now, in this case, I would be particularly angry because there is literally nothing I can do. The Spanish government almost intended to incite violence with this decision. Kill him, he becomes a martyr, set him free he potentially kills more people and creates the same problem.

When a government can't make the right decisions on something as simple and basic as this, it needs to change. Obviously keeping him locked up was the best answer. The whole point of this exercise is only to piss their own people off.

who knows, maybe they need to riot and lynch people, then their government would be less likely to do stupid shyt like this. Heck, a few of the supreme courts family mansions burn down, or 'god forbid' their family gets caught up in a riot or worse, teehee, maybe they'd understand their actions have consequences.

Cyrus Vance wrote:

Iranians release hostages wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6525905.stm

Remind me, how did the US deal with this situation ?

We sent a helicopter that crashed in the desert. (Hey, it's a start! Unfortunately Mr. Peanut Carter then had his hands full trying to fight off swamp rabbits, so he couldn't give his full attention to the hostage crisis.)

The most comparable incident involved USS Pueblo, a US spy ship operating off North Korea, which was attacked by the N Korean navy about 39 years ago. One of the sailors was killed and several wounded, 82 crew members were arrested and held prisoner for 11 months. The US Navy made no attempt to prevent the attack on the Pueblo, no fighters were scrambled. The crew were released when the US formerly apologised in writing. Afterwards the Navy recommended that the Commander be court martialled for surrendering his ship and not 'going down with his ship' and having his crew killed! The Commander died about three years ago.

first off it is 'to me' but forget about that, hmmm, a judicial system that doesn't function properly... you mean like one that might keep people behind bars without a fair hearing, or even the right to speak with a lawyeror one overflowing with costly, silly, lawsuits that true swift justice has become a joke

I love peeps wrote:

Too me, when the judicial system makes that kind of judgement, the system is no longer functional. When the system is no longer functional you have very few options.