Comments | dreamfolorn: Current Affrairs.

dreamfolorn

Current Affrairs.

May 08, 2009 18:39

So, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing wants to carry out the rest of his sentence back in his home country of Libya. It has been suggested that he's willing to drop his appeal for release in order to be extrodited back to his home turf ( Read more... )

current affairs, ranting, scottish

Comments 9

neekorah May 8 2009, 18:23:03 UTC

That got me raging as well. Fucking. Joke.

mijaux May 8 2009, 19:55:00 UTC

Jesus. There are no words!

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dreamfolorn May 8 2009, 22:47:02 UTC

I never said anything about revenge. It has nothing to do with revenge, and everything to do with what I think is fair to the families of the 270 people who died, and to the street in Lockerbie which was literally flattened when the plane hit the ground.

missuschris May 8 2009, 21:00:25 UTC

Of course what he did was terrible, but what about the right of his family to see him? He's a son, brother, dad... whatever. Those people did nothing wrong as far as I know. All I know is that even if my kids did something awful I'd love them. Confused and angry as that love would sometimes be. Maybe it's not about his rights, but theirs? Just a thought...

dreamfolorn May 8 2009, 22:45:21 UTC

The way the Scottish news worded it was all about what HE wanted. It was an MSP who went to visit him in prison and came out waffling all about his cancer and his desire to see his family and how 'he's just a man'. Sure. Just a man who killed nearly 300 people. He never showed any compassion to any of them, so I don't think he deserves the compassion of others towards him now. It has nothing to do with his family. I DO feel for them, but that doesn't make me think that he should be allowed back to Libya when the chances are that when he gets there they are going to release him.

I'm not as fair a person as you. I just see 270 people dead. 270 families who lost loved ones to him.

cottoncandy85 May 9 2009, 09:34:18 UTC

Hmm.

That sort of things do make me confused. Because both sides are justified, I think. Is there not a chance that his family would come to see him, I mean prisoners do get to see people? They're probably poor and it'll be difficult for them, but if the family wants to see him before he dies, they'll find a way. I don't think there should be much compromising done for the man himself, but his family is innocent.

dreamfolorn May 9 2009, 11:23:23 UTC

Hundres of other families didn't get to say goodbye though. And he did that to them. Why should he have the knowledge that his family will get the chance when he took that chance away from so many others? I see it as the sadness of one family against the sadness of 270 others, all of whom lost relatives who were totally innocent. He should have to live with the consequences of what he's done to his own family by doing this, and if that means they don't get to see him then so be it.

Maybe I'm being harsh, but I place far more importance on the feelings of the families of those who were lost than the feelings of the family of him.