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Porn Publisher Larry Flynt Wants To Spare Man Who Paralyzed Him

by Tzunamitom on 11/17/13, 2:05 PM with 10 comments

• by happiily on 11/17/13, 3:46 PM

  This headline is misleading and only promotes Larry Flynt as some sort of civil rights crusader. The man "who paralyzed" him is a serial killer and white supremicist convicted of multiple murders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paul_Franklin

  If we want to promote the people who have shown grace and forgiveness for horrible crimes committed against them, there are many people to celebrate over Larry Flynt. Likewise, the number of anti death-sentence crusaders are plentiful and far more admirable than Larry Flynt.

• by canttestthis on 11/17/13, 3:25 PM

  I wonder why he believes that the government shouldn't be giving the death penalty as a punishment for crimes, but torture is okay.

• by mathattack on 11/17/13, 3:31 PM

  He's a very strange person. As much as he's personally despicable, he finds himself at the forefront of civil rights.

• by pearjuice on 11/17/13, 4:17 PM

  Wait, what?

  "[...] I have never come face-to-face with Franklin. I would love an hour in a room with him and a pair of wire-cutters and pliers, so I could inflict the same damage on him that he inflicted on me. But, I do not want to kill him, nor do I want to see him die."

  He is basically saying that death is the easy way out and that torturing is a better punishment. This is why victims don't get to pick the punishments. They are way too emotionally impaired.