today, i'm appauled to be scottish megrahi released on compasionate grounds!

[tipoboy]

The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has flown out of Britain after being freed from prison to die at home in Libya.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, left Glasgow airport in a chartered jet bound for Tripoli.

He had been driven from HMP Greenock in a police convoy after being released on compassionate grounds by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill.

Megrahi was serving a life sentence for murdering 270 people when a Pan Am plane was brought down over the Scottish town in 1988.

But in a move which caused outrage in the United States, Mr MacAskill said Megrahi would now be released early from prison because of his worsening medical condition.

He said Megrahi "now faces justice from a higher power ... he is going to die".

Megrahi left Greenock prison with a police escort and was flown home to Libya, where he will rejoin his family.

In the build-up to his decision, Mr MacAskill came under intense US pressure to keep Megrahi behind bars. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it would be "absolutely wrong" to release Megrahi, and American relatives have been fiercely critical of the reported plans.

In a lengthy statement, Mr MacAskill said Megrahi had shown no compassion to his victims, but added: "That alone is not a reason for us to deny compassion to him and his family in his final days."

The decision will be debated in the Scottish Parliament, which has been recalled to sit on Monday.

[lasto]

And let me say im annoyed by this as well.
He should of served out his full sentence and rotted in jail.
So many lives losts and yet they are easily forgotten.
Who cares if this man has cancer and is dying - he was`nt dying when he took part in blowing up the plane was he ?

This is just another notch for how soft britain is becoming.

[Shelley_c]

Hopefully the cancer has spread. Nursing two of my friends with terminal cancer I know first hand how bad it gets. Fingers crossed he goes through as much pain (which I no doudbt he will) and watch him wither away to nothing.

Personally, the conditions of his release should have been a 24 hour cam feed untill the day he dies.

Let's hope when he goes it's a long and painfull process.

*waits to be quoted*

[tipoboy]

Originally Posted by Shelley_c

Hopefully the cancer has spread. Nursing two of my friends with terminal cancer I know first hand how bad it gets. Fingers crossed he goes through as much pain (which I no doudbt he will) and watch him wither away to nothing.

Personally, the conditions of his release should have been a 24 hour cam feed untill the day he dies.

Let's hope when he goes it's a long and painfull process.

*waits to be quoted*

quoted you are, and agreed with!

[Acers]

Originally Posted by Shelley_c

Hopefully the cancer has spread. Nursing two of my friends with terminal cancer I know first hand how bad it gets. Fingers crossed he goes through as much pain (which I no doudbt he will) and watch him wither away to nothing.

Personally, the conditions of his release should have been a 24 hour cam feed untill the day he dies.

Let's hope when he goes it's a long and painfull process.

*waits to be quoted*

If we are to do all that the terrorists do then there is hardly any difference between them and us.

Compassion is probably the only thing that separates the general good people in the world from those who preach and practice terror.

[Shelley_c]

I'm all for showing compassion, for people who richly deserve that privilege. It's a little like respect, You earn it, not give it freely to anyone that holds a <strong>insert here</strong> or people that just wiped out 270 plus lives.

*screenshots page*

[Acers]

There are plenty of people who think that the verdict was a miscarriage of justice(the grounds that allowed for his second appeal)

Considering there is some doubt about his conviction, and that the man is anyway heading for a painful and traumatic death, its but fair that he be granted his last wish. If he did what he did, he won't enjoy his last days. If he didn't, atleast he got something to cheer about.

[Gio~Logist]

Originally Posted by Acers

If we are to do all that the terrorists do then there is hardly any difference between them and us.

Compassion is probably the only thing that separates the general good people in the world from those who preach and practice terror.

If compassion means releasing a guy responsible of 270 murders, then it must be an every day sign of gratitude to release the guy who just killed his 4 neighbors, or maybe the one who went crazy one day and shot up the school. Hell, i'm sure they all have something wrong with them.

I'm with Shelley on the live feed. And maybe him handcuffed and tied down as a 6 year old takes some batting practice on his head with a plastic bat. Slow and painful

[lasto]

the thing with compassion is - our enemies see it as a weakness.
Do you think they have compassion for us ?
If i was America i would sever all ties with Britiain in disgust over this.
We cant blame Scotland for this either as the average person never had a say on this - it was all done behind closed doors,where only those at the top had a say.
We should bring those who let him go free to Justice as a great crime here has been commited.This man was released really quick compared to other prisoners who have legit grounds for being free.

Lets see if he still alive in 3 months shall we !

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by Acers

If we are to do all that the terrorists do then there is hardly any difference between them and us.

Compassion is probably the only thing that separates the general good people in the world from those who preach and practice terror.

I agree It's amazing how vehemently people feel about this one. What ever happened to respecting other peoples opinions