Comments on: Cop: Teens Beheaded, Burned Man For Thrill

2 Detroit-Area Youths Accused Of Mutilating Adult Acquaintance, Burning Corpse With Blowtorch

[iceman_1960]

"closethippy1, tell that to Singapore, where they have reduced crime because of the death penalty..."
- Posted by Gaye5 at 02:53 AM : Nov 13, 2007

...and many other reasons.

In Singapore people are afraid to litter and jaywalk.

Do Americans want to live in a sterile, obedient, Confucian, beehive society ?

The answer is no.

[fibonacci_]

Looking at the murder rates for different countries, it saddens me to realize that we kind of have a sickness as a culture. Killing is kind of considered cool. The movie Natural Born Killers pretty much hits the nail on the head.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/
cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita

In Columbia about 1 in every 1618 people is murdered! What''s with them?

[paganwitch]

Yes, I absolutely blame the "Shrub" for this kind of behavior.(metaustin)

You have GOT to be kidding!! Who was to blame for bad behavior BEFORE Bush was in office??

Someone else said it wasn''t their fault, but the media''s fault. Part of the problem is the constant shifting of blame.

"It''s not my fault. I played violent video games, watched violent movies, my parents didn''t love me ..."

Millions of people watch those movies and play those games and yet they don''t go out and kill someone for the thrill of it.

We are each responsible for our own decisions and actions.

[b-easy63]

etroit Michigan...that explains everything.

Posted by SkyFive at 06:30 AM : Nov 13, 2007


It explains nothing. We just had a kidnap/rape murder for the thrill of it here in the good ol'' bible belt. In fact, in most towns, small or large--you either have heinous murders galore, sexual predation, serial killing, school shoot ups or meth labs. It ain''t Detroit. It''s America, home of the only people on earth to publicly embrace, support and approve torturing others in a war of choice.

[b-easy63]

llegals?? check them please...

Posted by sunsetbillyb at 04:03 PM : Nov 12, 2007


they may be. But with names like that, they may well be from war torn Serbia or Poland. The names indicate Eastern European for both the supposed killers and Swedish descent, for the dead guy.

[fibonacci_]

Listen to this one. In California, my home state, they voted to make people considered "se*x predators" for having boom boom with prostitutes. You have to register if you do that. No more boom boom with crack ****** on skid row I guess.

[truthheals]

I guess Grand Theft Auto did not ''do it'' for them anymore.

[kodak71]

I live in metro Detroit, and I wish Michigan had the death penalty. I don''t care the murderers are 17 and 18. When each of them turn the exact age of their victim Sorenson, they each need to be executed in the same way they murdered their victim! Why should they live in prison past the age of their victim?? A senseless violent crime commited "for thrills" by these sick teens.

[gaye5]

closethippy1, tell that to Singapore, where they have reduced crime because of the death penalty and at least there will not be any more trouble from this scum, they can not get out and do the same to others as happens in so many times now..

[gaye5]

bobgee_1999 good point, but are they not in protective custody when in Jail.. and are they not let out after a few short years???

scorp79, Sorenson being convicted when he was 17 of having *** with a 14-year-old girl, does not make him a sexual predator, if that were the case then many thousands of 17 year old school kids would be had up for being sexual predators. No one should have *** with anyone under 16, but it doesn''t make him a sexual predator..