Some of my closest friends are from Nigeria and Malaysia. They can't believe our Government is so apologetic to Islam. They also thought Australia was a place where they could receive decent education but now realise academia has been totally hijacked by anti western sentiment.

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A matter of life and death …

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Judging from the media reports, there is no doubt that Brendon Tarrant perpetrated the mass murder in the two Christchurch mosques. If this is confirmed by the New Zealand courts – after full exhaustion of all means of recourse – I should not be at all surprised if the majority of New Zealanders considers that, whatever his motivations, by his denial and non-respect of the inalienable right to life of his victims, he has forfeited his own.

If that were the case, the State alone, exercising the will of the sovereign people, should, against his will and in the common interest, be empowered to prevent him from exercising his right to life too.

In my opinion, a legal decision of this nature, by a democratically constituted court of justice, should be implemented with a maximum of humanity and as least pain, stress and suffering as modern science can allow. The best possible conditions of euthanasia (from the Greek eu, “good” and thanatos, “death”) should be provided. It should include appropriate psychological and religious support and assistance if required, as well as sedation.

Naturally, euthanasia of a convicted criminal must necessarily be carried out in conditions of utmost security, both for himself and others. Nevertheless, it should be implemented in a perfectly civilised fashion, preferably in a warm, cosy environment. Under no circumstances should it be a sordid, degrading or humiliating end-of-life experience.

Though I suspect that there may well be a majority of New Zealanders in favour of this as the most humane and morally acceptable manner of dealing with Brendon Tarrant, if indeed he is convicted, it is, nevertheless, totally impossible.

Capital punishment, as it used to be called when implemented by the State, was abolished for murder in 1961, and abolished for all crimes, including treason, in 1989.

In my view, criminal court decisions of legal euthanasia should apply for specific crimes such as child murder, serial killing, torture muder, rape murder, mass murder, terrorism, and premeditated murder that is carefully planned and executed.

Life imprisonment is torture.

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Life imprisonment is torture.

Banjo Paterson

An even greater torture is being a victim ! Should they therefore be humanely euthanised ??

Foxy: ) I do not drink chardonnay - prefer merlot.
I not drink latte

I like Merlot myself. My wife get them of Green Tree or something. Works out at about $3.50 a bottle.

Regarding Coffee. Flat white made on International Roast. Any other coffee makes me violently ill. Strange. so when I go out I always take my little tin of IR with me. I guess we all have our little quirks.

Jayb.,

I love a flat white and International Roast.
But because of my AF (atrial fibrillation) I've been
banned from them - sticking to tea. Although I do cheat
at times as a treat - especially when eating out.

My tea is mainly twinings (sugar, lemon, honey or jam).
I also like the odd cappuccino. Favourite cake?
Black Forest or baked cheese cake works. Then there's always
the Pav - which I also love.

I think it is about time to give Jake an insight into the reason many of us do not like Islam, or Muslims in general.

It is pretty easy mate. Just click on one of the hundreds of videos of a couple of tall buildings in New York, crashing down, with hundreds of people in them.

If that doesn't do it for you, perhaps the sight of dozens of people jumping out of very high floors, where they were trapped above the flames might. It would only be the experiencing of very high levels of pain that could encourage such acts.

It should not take many such images to give, even someone as dumb as Jake, the idea of where the dislike of Muslims came from.