re: #161 Gang of One

Have not read all the posts, jumping right in.
This is liberal, secular humanism run amok, IMNSHO.

Secular humanism?

How about these responses?

Primus responds to decision by Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill to release Lockerbie bomber

The Most Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church says:

“The decision to release Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is a brave political choice taken in the face of strong pressure from outside Scotland. We respect and honour the courage which the Scottish Government has shown.

Church of Scotland welcomes release of Lockerbie bomb prisoner

The Church of Scotland has praised the decision by Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill that means Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has been released from prison on compassionate grounds.

But there are deep frustrations that the end of al-Megrahi’s appeal and his release will now allow the British government and the Libyan authorities to get away with what some believe to be a cover-up over the true circumstances of the terror tragedy in December 1988.

The Rev Ian Galloway, convener of the Kirk’s Church and Society Council, commented: “This decision has sent a message to the world about what it is to be Scottish. We are defined as a nation by how we treat those who have chosen to hurt us. Do we choose mercy even when they did not chose mercy?”