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Killer Who Cited METALLICA Lyrics Executed
- Jan. 25, 2005
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A Texas death row inmate who chanted the chorus to METALLICA's "No Remorse" after fatally shooting a man in the head in Corpus Christi and robbing him of $13 twenty years ago was executed Tuesday (Jan. 25), according to The Associated Press. The execution came after the U.S. Supreme Court refused on a narrow 5-4 vote to block Troy Kunkle's execution. Kunkle was contrite as he looked toward the daughter and son-in-law of his victim, Stephen Horton, and sought their forgiveness. "I would like to ask you to forgive me," he said. "I made a mistake and I am sorry for what I did. All I can do is ask you to forgive me." Kunkle then turned his head toward an adjacent window in the death house and expressed love to witnesses he selected to watch him die, including his mother and his wife. "I love you and I will see all of you in heaven," he said. "I love you very much. Praise Jesus." Kunkle recited the Lord's Prayer and then indicated to the warden he had finished. In the seconds before the lethal drugs began taking effect, he repeatedly mouthed "I love you" to his friends and relatives. He exhaled slightly and gasped before he slipped into unconsciousness. Eight minutes later, at 8:12 p.m. CST, he was pronounced dead. "Shame to Texas," his wife, Christa Heber, said as she watched him die. Kunkle, 38, spent more than half of his life on death row for the death of Horton, 31, who was fatally shot and robbed of $13. Twice last year, Kunkle was spared from the Texas death chamber by court rulings on the day he was scheduled to die. The most recent halt came Nov. 18, when the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the execution about 40 minutes after Kunkle could have been strapped to the death chamber gurney for injection. The 1984 shooting gained notoriety with disclosures that Kunkle quoted lyrics from METALLICA's song "No Remorse", from the album "Kill 'em All" ("Another day, another death, another sorrow, another breath") after Horton was gunned down. Prosecutors also remembered him at one point during his trial playing an air guitar in the courtroom as lawyers discussed whether the METALLICA song could be admitted into evidence. For more information on Kunkle's case, click here.
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COMMENT | Way too humane
posted by :
1/25/2005 10:58:02 PM
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He should have been taken out back and shot like a dog.
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COMMENT | piece of shit
posted by :
1/25/2005 11:06:12 PM
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I agree with NeonKnite...shot him in each foot....then each hand....in the knees....elbows...in the nuts....ankles....let the fucker bleed to death...fucking garbage. If there is a Hell it is to good for shit like this!!!
ROT!
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COMMENT | )))))))______
posted by : ^i^_CATKILLER_^i^
1/25/2005 11:36:45 PM
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KILL EM ALL
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COMMENT | Good
posted by :
1/25/2005 11:46:49 PM
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one less shithead in the world. If you kill the only equal punishment is to be killed, this lasted way too long.
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COMMENT | as iron maiden said....
posted by :
1/25/2005 11:50:31 PM
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YOUR TIME WILL COME!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
1/25/2005 11:50:59 PM
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but in this case it already came
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COMMENT | hehe
posted by :
1/25/2005 11:51:22 PM
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executed on the release date of SKOM too bad he couldn't ride the lightning eh?
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COMMENT | The really sad part is that it took 20 years and millions of tax dollars.
posted by : ThrashMaster
1/26/2005 12:02:07 AM
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This was an open and shut case with admission, he should have been hanged the day after the conviction.
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COMMENT | To quote Charles Bronson from Death Wish II...
posted by : the Dude (~\m/~)
1/26/2005 12:09:01 AM
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"You believe in Jesus?"
"Well... you're gonna meet him."
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COMMENT |
posted by :
1/26/2005 12:11:58 AM
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thats hardcorally brutaller man. hehe
www.dearnt.com
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COMMENT | The death penalty=murder
posted by : Aggroculture
1/26/2005 12:14:44 AM
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This guy killed and was killed. The people who ordered this execution by that logic should be executed. What's the difference? Murder is murder, state-sanctioned or no.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
1/26/2005 12:18:24 AM
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Now we have sunk to this guy's level. Let him rot in jail...eat shit.
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COMMENT | now everything has been fixed...
posted by : Demonio
1/26/2005 1:14:46 AM
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this might even bring his victim back to life...
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COMMENT |
posted by : Broken Pope
1/26/2005 1:17:13 AM
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Everyone should die.
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COMMENT | ADD1369................
posted by : Benzer
1/26/2005 1:17:42 AM
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......continues to try and prove how tough she is. You're probably a fucking pussy. Go crawl back under the rock you came from under, idiot.
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COMMENT | 13 bucks back 20 years ago is like 1500$ now.
posted by : mrpunchy
1/26/2005 1:18:59 AM
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SERIOUSLY, the guy served 20 yrs in Prison, killing him is somewhat silly. Death row is really for people who cannot overcome their problems. If you say there was NO way this guy could be healed, THEN you might decide to shoot him...
Bah, capital punishment is kinda primitive don't you think?
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COMMENT | Aggroculture & OwenAdrift
posted by :
1/26/2005 1:23:20 AM
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What the fuck???? I'm guessing you guys don't live in Texas you tree-hugging hippie jackasses. FINE, since you find it morally offensive to put killers of innocent people to death, SURE let's keep them alive...just be sure to send us YOUR addresses so you can foot the tax bill to do it, 'cause you ain't getting a red cent out of me. Jail isn't free you dipshits. And oh, that's a hell of a deterrent....they'll really think twice now. You fuckheads. You come back and tell me that same shit after your mother, brother, sister, wife or child is brutally killed for no reason. Go make some cupcakes for Nathan Gale.
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COMMENT | and one more thing...
posted by :
1/26/2005 1:34:14 AM
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I'm well aware of the problems our judicial system has. Anyone who was wrongly convicted of a crime and has served time for it only to be proven innocent by DNA technology should be able to seek the same punishment upon his erring prosecutors. However, the notion that "Now we have sunk to this guy's level" or "The people who ordered this execution by that logic should be executed. Murder is murder, state-sanctioned or no." is some of the most idiotic bullshit I've ever heard. You tell me you'd feel that way after something like that happened to anyone close to you and I'll throw the bullshit card. Why weren't you guys on the Dimebag posts blabbering about why Nathan Gale's life should have been spared, huh? What exactly, is the difference??? Fuck it. Thank god (or SATAN) I live in TEXAS.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
1/26/2005 1:37:19 AM
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although i don't believe in heaven and hell, i just have to say this: BURN IN HELL MOTHERFUCKER!
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COMMENT | the Dude
posted by : Loudnessguy
1/26/2005 1:46:15 AM
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great quote from Charles Bronson.
Here's a quote from Charles Bronson from Death Wish V:
"Hey Freddie, I'm going to cure your dandruff problem for you"
(soccer ball explodes as Freddies head becomes a fireball )
kill em all
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COMMENT | Off...
posted by :
1/26/2005 1:54:05 AM
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to never neverland!
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COMMENT | If Kunkle truly accepted Jesus,
posted by :
1/26/2005 2:08:53 AM
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then he's in Heaven as we speak...while great souls like Gandhi
and Schweitzer are in Hell for not accepting Jesus as lord and
saviour.
blessed be.
n/p:"the Becoming"- Nine Inch Nails ("acoustic" version)
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COMMENT | Death Penalty is barbaric
posted by :
1/26/2005 2:20:41 AM
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and sucks.
R.I.P.
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COMMENT | Adios!!!
posted by :
1/26/2005 2:27:47 AM
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You rats ass!!!
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COMMENT | Fourth_Reich_Culture - Americana
posted by : snipershot
1/26/2005 3:14:58 AM
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What do you expect it to be? A walk along the beach? Killing someone for $13 is also barbaric, but you have nothing to say about that?
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COMMENT |
posted by :
1/26/2005 3:49:06 AM
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I cant belive the mentality some of you have. A man kills another man, and then the state murders that man and its ok. No one has the right to take the life of any other person. Those people that allowd this orginized murder to take place are just as bad as the man that committed the crime. All of you that made comments about how this man should rot in hell should be ashamed of yourselves. Not only did this happen 30 odd years ago but from what i have read this man has made a full turn around and feels remorse for his crimes. I belive that a life sentance is the way to go in the case of murder, and even then its iffy.
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COMMENT | he got what he deserved
posted by :
1/26/2005 5:06:29 AM
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he got what he deserved 20yrs. to late stop all the appeals and execute them all. yes i know you can't bring back the victims but at least you he will never kill again. let one of your loved ones be murdered and see how you feel about the death penalty then you tree hugging hippies. so he found jesus before he died to bad he won't be talking to him in hell whre he is now.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Lifeson
1/26/2005 6:07:33 AM
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How many families that have lost a loved one unnecessarily and think, yeah, that sick fuck whose affected some many lives has every right to live out his useless existence. The answer, none of them think that. Think about Dime and the others. If that piece of shit wasn’t taken down do you really think he has any right to keep on living. He played God the senseless and tragic night, not the guy who shot him.
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COMMENT | Fuck the death penatly.......
posted by : The Govner
1/26/2005 6:11:30 AM
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Give the cops the right to kill muderers ON THE SPOT!
Or let them out in the general population of the prison they are in.......let them live in fear while they are in prison!
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COMMENT |
posted by : Lifeson
1/26/2005 6:16:30 AM
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Yeah, lets pay for his right to eat, shit and sleep. Someone who takes someone else’s life loses their right do shit, pure and simple.
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COMMENT | execution is costly......
posted by :
1/26/2005 6:19:22 AM
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.....It's more expensive to keep an inmate on death row than it is to keep in him in general population.
......I'll never understand this....why is it if the gov't murders someone it's ok....but bad if we do? 'Thou shalt not kill' goes both ways and it doesn't matter to God who you are or what you do......It's not right for anyone to decide who's life should end and when.....it's not up to us and never will be.
It's easier for a rich man to get
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COMMENT | KickedintheMind
posted by : Lifeson
1/26/2005 6:25:34 AM
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That thought is so ass backwards. I hope you never lose a loved one by some sick fuck playing God. And if this fuck was executed from the start it would money well spent verse letting him live a useless life in prison and paying for it. Most of us should be so lucky to die from lethal injection. Very humane and painless.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Lifeson
1/26/2005 6:43:14 AM
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I guess most people’s thinking is if I want to kill (play God) say KickedintheMind, I have every right do that and I can look forward to having my dental and health insurance paid by tax payers and probable learn a trade well I live out the rest of life imprisoned. That could be cool, cause sometimes I worry about bills, rent among other things and would have to worry anymore about that stuff. And hey, I can still have hope, where as KickedintheMind and his family won’t have any, because I killed him.
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COMMENT | I meant
posted by : Lifeson
1/26/2005 6:53:23 AM
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"wouldn't" have to worry anymore about that stuff. Am doing other stuff among this, so I rush myself sometimes.
Btw, I'll refresh periodicly to see if there is any response.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
1/26/2005 8:28:05 AM
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Public execution? Bleeding to death? I thought Americans were fucked up but not this bad. The death penalty is wrong and inhumane as it is. Its just like Americans to think they can play God and sort things out. I agree this man deserved the time he got in prison but not death. The legal system is set in place with the hopes of rehabilitating messed up fuckers like this guy so they can 1 day rejoin society as functional individuals. This guy seems genuinly remorseful and thats a hell of a long way from how he acted in the beginning. And he seems to have found God.
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COMMENT |
posted by : MegaMan_C_
1/26/2005 8:53:51 AM
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Great! Now Blabbermouth can stop reporting on this damn story!
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COMMENT | JESUS SAVES?
posted by : FutileLord
1/26/2005 9:02:58 AM
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I love how these scumbags find Jesus and think they are "saved" and going to heaven. I hope this scumbag rots in hell!!
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COMMENT | wooha!
posted by :
1/26/2005 9:22:16 AM
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they should make Jan. 25 Kill A Metallica fan Day. We can all get the day off from work and go kill a Metallica fan. Only one per person though, gotta spare a few so they procreate and make future Metallica fans to keep the Holliday goin'.
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COMMENT | My god, we have the whole hillbilies from Texas right here
posted by : mrpunchy
1/26/2005 9:22:30 AM
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You guys are too narrow-minded dum-dums so we won't argue with your crap.
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COMMENT | creepingdeathmusic
posted by : Lifeson
1/26/2005 9:27:00 AM
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Lethal injection is not inhumane you retard. I wouldn’t kill you that way, I’d make sure you died a horrible death like most murders. And after I got rehabilitated to rejoin society, I’d kill your family. I am glad your okay with it.
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COMMENT | ONE LESS PIECE OF SHIT!!!!
posted by : Rich376
1/26/2005 9:28:10 AM
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GOOD!!!
It's just a shame that they let this piece of shit live for another twenty years after He committed the murder of an innocent person for no reason.
ROT IN HELL, Troy Kunkle!!
NO REMORSE, INDEED!!!
One Less Piece of Shit in the World.
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COMMENT | While I support the death penalty
posted by : Scot the Hoople
1/26/2005 10:11:37 AM
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it is in no way a deterrent to violent crime. Let's call it what it really is: government-sanctioned payback, sweet sweet vengeance. Fuckwads who would take another's life are not going to stop because of the possibility that they'll be executed after 15-20 years of appeals.
There are more than 600 prisoners on California's death row. It's a pretty ineffective deterrent, apparently.
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COMMENT | Shame to Texas she said?
posted by : P.Trick
1/26/2005 10:32:50 AM
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Damn right. They should have executed his ass years ago! Isn't it amazing how these criminals find GOD in prison? I think most of them speak about their love for GOD to get mercy. Whatever. One less prick we have to pay for.
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COMMENT | THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT HIM IN CELL BLOCK #2...
posted by :
1/26/2005 10:41:58 AM
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...he would have been some big black brothers bitch for the rest of his miserable life but they put him to death instead.......oh well i think i'll go have a coffee and smoke.
BYE BYE PUTZ!
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COMMENT | If you kill someone...
posted by :
1/26/2005 11:32:47 AM
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you don't deserve to live.
ENOUGH SAID.
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COMMENT | Problems with the Texas death penalty system..
posted by : Bongwater
1/26/2005 11:42:10 AM
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It takes way too long and its too humane. In some parts of the world, as soon a the person is handed the death penalty they are promptly dragged out of the courtroom and shot in the back of the head. Much cheaper for the taxpayers. No time for the hippies to assemble to cry and hug their trees.
And its funny how all these assholes find Jesus when they realize their ass is about to burn in hell...
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COMMENT | you're 1000% right, Bongwater...
posted by :
1/26/2005 12:37:36 PM
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To the murderer: Nah na. Na na na nah. Hey Hey! Goodbye!
Somehow I don't think he's going to heaven...
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COMMENT | this "eye for an eye" thing makes sense to me!
posted by :
1/26/2005 12:40:13 PM
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Why not? If you were walking down the street and someone punched you in the face, what would you do? You'd hit him back, no? Or call the cops, who would then arrest him forcefully.
Don't be hippiecrits, you hippies!
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COMMENT | Eye for an eye indeed!
posted by : MK-Ultra
1/26/2005 3:03:55 PM
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It's funny that people said this guy is (well was) remorseful...if he was that remorseful would he really be playing air guitar at his fucking trial?
If the the cops hadn't arrested him i bet he would still be laughing about how he shot the guy to this day.
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COMMENT | fuck kull
posted by :
1/26/2005 8:53:32 PM
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i don't know what worthless 3rd world country you live in but fuck you and the rest of the world that hate the U.S. just because your jealous that you don't enjoy the lifestyle we here in the land of the free do. stop all of our foreign aid and see how long your shitty ass country survives. but your probably some european asshole who forgets you would not be free to speak your stupid opinons if were not for the U.S.A. bailing out and rebuilding your part of the world twice, then keeping it free by having our troops stationed over there keeping the russians from overtaking or nuking your stupid assess.
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COMMENT | See how you like this!!!
posted by :
1/27/2005 2:25:30 AM
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My first cousin was murdered in september of 91.I'd love to know who did it since the piece of shit was never caught.I wish i could get hold of the one who did it.I'd tie him or her up and skin the son of a bitch alive!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : Mad Piet
1/27/2005 5:01:06 AM
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He has payed for his crime, he got his punishment already, so no need to come up with retarded comments like "Burn in hell" or "Hope he rots".
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COMMENT |
posted by :
1/28/2005 3:14:09 AM
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"'Shame to Texas,' his wife, Christa Heber, said as she watched him die."
I thought that said Karina Huber for a minute there.
You can resume the debate over the death penalty now.
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