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Elly Mazlein - Google Blog Search

Elly Mazlein - Google Blog Search


takziah, ibu <b>elly mazlein</b> meninggal dunia - ammboi dot com

Posted: 11 May 2014 04:11 PM PDT

Disaat anak-anak meraikan Hari Ibu yang jatuh pada 11 Mei, pelakon dan penyanyi Elly Mazlein mendapat perkhabaran buruk apabila ibu kesayangannya, Sabariah Ahmad, 56, meninggal dunia kira-kira pukul 2 pagi Ahad akibat sesak nafas.

Menurut tunangnya, Azmi Hatta ketika dihubungi mStar Online, Allahyarham meninggal dunia di kediamannya di Nusa Putra, Puchong Perdana.

"Allahyarham menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya dengan tenang di rumahnya awal pagi tadi dan jenazahnya telah selamat dikebumikan pada pukul 9 pagi tadi," katanya ringkas.

elly mazlein

Ibu pelakon itu dilaporkan turut menghidapi penyakit kencing manis dan darah tinggi namun keadaannya tidak kronik.

Dalam pada itu, Elly atau nama sebenarnya Sharifah Aida Mazlina dilaporkan amat terkejut dengan berita kematian ibunya itu dan tidak sempat bersama arwah disaat-saat akhir hayatnya kerana sedang menjalani penggambaran sebuah drama.

Kenyataan daripada Elly tidak dapat diperoleh kerana beliau sedang berada dalam keadaan terkejut dan sedih atas pemergian ibu kesayangannya itu. Salam takziah diucapkan kepada Elly dan keluarga atas pemergian ibunda tercinta. Al Fatihah.


Al-Fatihah, Ibu <b>Elly Mazlein</b> Meninggal Dunia | OhDunia Dot My

Posted: 11 May 2014 04:59 AM PDT

Disaat anak-anak meraikan Hari Ibu yang jatuh pada 11 Mei, pelakon dan penyanyi Elly Mazlein mendapat perkhabaran buruk apabila ibu kesayangannya, Sabariah Ahmad, 56, meninggal dunia kira-kira pukul 2 pagi Ahad akibat sesak nafas.


Menurut tunangnya, Azmi Hatta ketika dihubungi mStar Online, Allahyarham meninggal dunia di kediamannya di Nusa Putra, Puchong Perdana dekat sini.
"Allahyarham menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya dengan tenang di rumahnya awal pagi tadi dan jenazahnya telah selamat dikebumikan pada pukul 9 pagi tadi," katanya ringkas.

Ibu pelakon itu dilaporkan turut menghidapi penyakit kencing manis dan darah tinggi namun keadaannya tidak kronik.

Dalam pada itu, Elly atau nama sebenarnya Sharifah Aida Mazlina dilaporkan amat terkejut dengan berita kematian ibunya itu dan tidak sempat bersama arwah disaat-saat akhir hayatnya kerana sedang menjalani penggambaran sebuah drama.



Pihak mStar Online juga tidak berjaya mendapatkan kenyataan daripada eLLY kerana sedang berada dalam keadaan terkejut dan sedih atas pemergian ibu kesayangannya itu.

Ucapan salam takziah kepada Elly dan keluarga atas pemergian ibunda tercinta. Al Fatihah.- mStar



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Sazzy Falak - Google Blog Search

Sazzy Falak - Google Blog Search


<b>sazzy</b>-<b>falak</b>-babyshower3a | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 07:32 AM PDT

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Sekadar Cerita Kosongku ^-^: Fesyen terkini <b>Sazzy Falak</b> yang <b>...</b>

Posted: 09 May 2014 05:22 PM PDT

Fesyen terkini Sazzy Falak yang nampak ketiak - Nampaknya, pada ketika ramai artis wanita tempatan berlumba-lumba untuk berubah ke arah kebaikan dengan memakai tudung, tidak kurang juga kalangan artis yang semakin ghairah mempamerkan fesyen-fesyen singkat dan agak seksi.

Mungkin itulah cara pemakaian yang dirasakan selesa untuk sentiasa kelihatan anggun, cantik dan jelita pada pandangan umum. Tidak dinafikan, Sazzy Falak adalah salah seorang daripadanya. Kalau dilihat pada sekeping gambar di bawah, penampilan pelakon ini sangat hebat dan menakjubkan. 

Kecantikan luaran Sazzy begitu menyerlah sehingga beliau dikatakan tidak ubah seperti wanita yang baru berusia 18 tahun. Pasti ramai jejaka di luar sana tidak senang duduk melihat fesyen terbaru Sazzy dan terpikat pada pandangan pertama, tak gitu?

Dafi af - Google Blog Search

Dafi af - Google Blog Search


Gambar Kakak <b>Dafi AF</b>, Sabrina Ismail Yang Jelita | GOSIP ARTIS

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 08:27 AM PDT

Ramai juga tidak tahu bahawa seorang bekas pelajar AF Dafi mempunyanyi seorang kakak yang jelita yang bernama Sabrina Ismail. Namun, kepada yang jatuh cinta pada pandangan gambar Sabrina ini, kami memohon maaf kerana beliau sudahpun bertunang dengan seorang pereka fesyen yang terkenal iaitu Jovian Mandagie.

Mereka berdua akan menamatkan zaman bujang masing-masing pada 11 Disember 2013 yang akan datang. Kami di sini mendoakan supaya majlis yang dirancang berjalan dengan sempurna.

Kepada yang ingin mengetahui biodata Sabrina Ismail, sila baca entri ini sehingga habis.



Biodata Penuh

Nama Penuh: Sabrina Ismail

Pekerjaan Ayah: Anak Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani Malaysia, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob

Umur: 26 Tahun

Status: Tunang Kepada Jovian Mandagie, Pereka Fesyen

Tarikh Jangkaan Kahwin: 11 Disember 2013




Anda ada cerita atau gosip mengenai artis melaysia yang belum dketahui umum? sila email kepada kami hafizkhazali[at]gmail[dot]com like page Gosip Artis di Facebook

Erul af - Google Blog Search

Erul af - Google Blog Search


SELEPAS MENANG KPOP STAR HUNT MUSIM 2 <b>ERUL AF9</b> <b>...</b>

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:13 AM PDT

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6ixth Sense - Google Blog Search

6ixth Sense - Google Blog Search


<b>6ixth Sense</b> - Sebuah Maksud lirik | Killjols

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 12:00 AM PST

Kau yang terindah
Yang selalu di hatiku
Engkau yang ku cinta
Di hidupku selalu

Takkan berubah
Hasratku untuk dirimu
Dan takkan ku buang
Rindu ini kepadamu selamanya

Kau adalah pelangi hidupku
Yang selalu warnai hariku

Harapanku dirimu
Kan selalu di sampingku
Selalu

Pierre Andre - Google Blog Search

Pierre Andre - Google Blog Search


New Peer Assessment Tool / Questions / Discussion Area - edX <b>...</b>

Posted: 07 May 2014 11:57 AM PDT

Hi Pete,
The new peer assessment tool is in a limited evaluation right now, and we're on track for a full release of the tool by Fall. During this limited release, edX charter members are enabled to evaluate the tool on Edge to see if it meets their needs.

Your edX program manager will be in touch off-line, and if you are interested in incorporating peer assessment in your MOOC courses prior to September, please let him know. We look forward to gradually increasing the use of peer grading, and want to ensure that this scaling up is done sustainably and with sufficient support!

Altimet - Google Blog Search

Altimet - Google Blog Search


<b>Altimet</b> Feat Trisno - Dunia Lirik | Killjols

Posted: 12 May 2014 06:21 PM PDT

Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOsryWKPfjA

::Dunia::
Ku melihat dunia, penuh dengan peperangan di sini sana
Gejala yang menimpa adalah perbuatan manusia seperti kita

Pre-chorus
Sanggupkah kita menghulurkan tangan
Haruskah kita memberi pertolongan
Kerana itulah satu kewajipan
Seorang manusia yang mempunyai iman

Chorus
Cinta dunia, cintakan dunia
Kukatakan
Cinta dunia, cintakan dunia kita

Anak anak kecil yang lapar di afrika
Tidak mempunyai makanan dan keluarga
Saudara kita di palestin pula megalami opresi tentera

Pre-chorus
Chorus

Hmmm, haruskah aku beli sepatu baru atau guna duit itu untuk tolong saudaraku
Terus beredar lepas selesai solat fardhu atau ambil sedikit masa untuk sujut syukur
Patutkah aku marah atau terus bersabar
Wajarkah aku boncitkan perut bila ada yang lapar
Patutkah aku tanya soalan sebegini
Bila aku tahu jawapan nya ada dalam diri ini

Bridge
Oh tuhan ku merayu kedapa mu
Berikan kekuatan
Supaya kita......

Chorus
Oooh cinta dunia, cintakan dunia (sedikit cinta) (sebanyak cinta)
Kukatakan
Cinta dunia, cintakan dunia kita (tak kan sia sia) (dalam dunia kita)

Kucintakan kau cintakan dunia 4x
(sedikit cinta) (sebanyak cinta)
(tak kan sia sia) (dalam dunia kita)

Sedikit cinta sebanyak cinta

<b>Altimet</b> feat Tomok - Aku Tahu Lirik | Killjols

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Bila berdepan tak bisa bicara lidah ku kaku
Jadi inilah hatiku didalam lagu
Aku tahu dahulu aku sering ingkar
Tahu aku selalu buat harimu sukar
Aku tahu kearah kau ku tunding jari
Kerna satu aksi mu selalu mengguris hati
Aku faham bila kau kurang memahami
Kenapa senang ku ingat susah ku memaafi
Suruhan mu sangat susah aku taati
Ini semua salahku tidak dinafi
Ku pikul dosa dosa ku ke ahir nanti
Kerna kau mengajar aku inilah cara lelaki
Aku tahu esok lusa kau pasti pergi
Aku tahu kau akan aku kebumi
Ku lakukannya tanpa airmata di pipi
Lihat kau akan hidup dalam anak anak ku nanti
Memori menghuni di pemikiranku
Akan diungkap waktu sejarah masa depanku
Aku tahu aku sering pergi
Menyepi berhari aku mencari rezeki
Ku kembali senyumanmu aku nikmati
Tawa mu ku kecapi dan kasih mu ku selami
Ku tak marah kau kacau tidur ku tiap pagi
Genggaman mu kecil hanya muat satu jari
Tapi di dalam kampung hatiku kau gergasi
Tak sabar untuk hari kau sebesar aku nanti
Kalau aku berjalan ku mahu kau berlari
Ku tadahkan bahu kau capailah matahari
Ingat kau gergasi di bumi gegarkan paksi
Terima kasih kerana mengajar aku jadi lelaki
Kau perlu tahu esok lusa ku pasti pergi
Kau perlu tahu aku akan kau kebumi
Lakukannya tanpa airmata di pipi
Lihat aku hidup di dalam anak anak mu pasti
Memori menghuni di pemikiranku
Akan diungkap waktu sejarah masa depanku
Aku tahu esok lusa kau pasti pergi
Aku tahu kau akan aku kebumi
Ku lakukannya tanpa airmata di pipi
Lihat kau akan hidup dalam anak anak ku nanti
Kau perlu tahu esok lusa ku pasti pergi
Kau perlu tahu aku akan kau kebumi
Lakukannya tanpa airmata di pipi
Lihat aku hidup di dalam anak anak mu pasti

Didie Alias - Google Blog Search

Didie Alias - Google Blog Search


Wajah Terkini <b>Didie Alias</b> Mengandung | Sensasi Selebriti

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 09:39 PM PDT

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Wajah Terkini Didie Alias Mengandung| Pelakon dan pelawak Didie Alias memberitahu suaminya, Norisham Ismail mengalami alahan teruk sejak Didie disahkan hamil Januari lalu. Didie atau nama sebenarnya Fadzilah ...

Yuna - Google Blog Search

Yuna - Google Blog Search


Music in Conversation feat. <b>Yuna</b>, Run River North & Baiyu

Posted: 06 May 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Friday, May 9 at Stanford University's Dinkelspiel Auditorium

If you're in the Stanford area, lucky you. On Friday, May 9, Stanford University's Asian American Students Association and the Muslim Students Awareness Network are kicking off API Heritage Month by holding a concert, Music in Conversation. The night features Yuna, Run River North, and Baiyu:

AASA & MSAN Present Music in Conversation featuring Yuna, Run River North, & Baiyu

In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Asian American Students' Association (AASA) & Muslim Students Awareness Network (MSAN) are bringing Yuna, Run River North, and Baiyu to Stanford University for a panel and concert.

Event Schedule:

Doors Open: 7:00 - 7:30 PM
Concert: 7:30 - 10:00 PM

FREE tickets with Stanford ID available at: www.stanfordmic.eventbrite.com
General Admission tickets available at: www.generalmic.eventbrite.com!

If you have questions, please contact Kevin Sunga (ksunga@stanford.edu) or Hana Al-Henaid (alhenaid@stanford.edu)

Follow the Facebook event page for more updates, or purchase your tickets here.

AngelKein : <b>YUNA</b>

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 06:16 AM PDT

My current artist to help me cope with life is Yuna. She's not new and I've heard her many times before, but at this point of my life, her music resonates and heals me most. I never ever really listened to any Malay songs, Yuna's has been my love. These two right now have be on repeat.

'Decorate' in English.

'Lelaki' in Malay.
Lelaki translates to "man". The first verse goes "who do you think you are, this love you just dump?".

Anyway, to update you guys. It's been very rough these past few weeks, as seen in previous posts, but I think I've reached a point of numbness. I really don't feel anything anymore, or don't want to feel anything anymore. Some of you might think it's not good to not feel, but I've been feeling so much I just want it all to stop.

I am thankful however because I am so, so blessed to be surrounded by people who are so loving and helpful, even from people across few seas and continents.

I'll be okay.

AngelKein

Azhar Sulaiman - Google Blog Search

Azhar Sulaiman - Google Blog Search


Gambar Anak <b>Azhar Sulaiman</b> Yang Cute | Budak Technician

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Azhar Sulaiman lahir pada 22 Julai 1971 dan kini berusia 42 tahun. Pekerjaan beliau ialah sebagai Pelakon dan juga merupakan seorang arkitek.

Pasangan hidup beliau bernama Chempaka Emalin Pahamin dan hasil hubungan itu mereka dikurniakan 3 orang chayamata.

Anak-anaknya bernama Kasih Leia Ixora, Andika Rees Pahamin dan Kasih Iris Leona. Memang unik nama anak Azhar ni.

Azhar Sulaiman ada memuatnaik gambar anaknya yang sedang membesar. Jom layan Gambar Anak Azhar Sulaiman.



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Faezah Elai - Google Blog Search

Faezah Elai - Google Blog Search


malam-berinai-<b>faezah</b>-<b>elai</b> | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:00 AM PDT

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Erry Putra - Google Blog Search

Erry Putra - Google Blog Search


Tiada Bererti - <b>Erry Putra</b> feat Daus AF Lirik | Killjols

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:08 AM PDT

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xVzCzgrjkI

Ku tahu semua ini tak adil untukku
Tapi kini telah terjadi kepadaku
Apa lagi harus ku katakan padamu
Semuanya tiada tiada bererti

Aku terima semua ini
Andai takdir tertulis semua terjadi
Akukan meninggalkanmu
Dan takkan lagi ku berpaling padamu

Cinta yang telah tercipta seharusnya jujur
Tapi tidak bagimu mendusta segala
Sandiwara cintamu merobek hatiku
Kau kan bisa merasa bila kau terluka

Ku rasa merasa menyesal
Kenali dirimu woooo
Aku terima semua ini
Andai takdir tertulis semua terjadi

Aku akan meninggalkanmu
Dan takkan lagi berpaling kepadamu

Ku rasa merasa menyesal
Kenali dirimu woooo
Aku terima semua ini
Andai takdir tertulis semua terjadi

Aku akan meninggalkanmu
Dan takkan lagi berpaling kepadamu

Kau tinggalkan aku
Kau lupakan aku
Wooo uwoo wooo

Tiada Bererti - <b>Erry Putra</b> feat Daus AF Chord | Killjols

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 07:52 AM PDT

Tiada Bererti - Erry Putra feat Daus AF Chord

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xVzCzgrjkI

Intro : C

C                                 Em
Ku tahu semua ini tak adil untukku
F                                         C              G
Tapi kini telah terjadi kepadaku
C                              Em
Apa lagi harus ku katakan padamu
F                                 C             G
Semuanya tiada tiada bererti
       
C                          Em
Aku terima semua ini
Am                                     F             G
Andai takdir tertulis semua terjadi
C                           Em
Akukan meninggalkanmu
Am                                  F                     G
Dan takkan lagi ku berpaling padamu

G

C                                          Em
Cinta yang telah tercipta seharusnya jujur
F                                      C              G
Tapi tidak bagimu mendusta segala
C                                     Em
Sandiwara cintamu merobek hatiku
F                                      C             G
Kau kan bisa merasa bila kau terluka

Em       Am     Em       Am
Ku rasa merasa menyesal
F                 G
Kenali dirimu woooo
C                            Em
Aku terima semua ini
Am                              F                  G
Andai takdir tertulis semua terjadi

C                            Em
Aku akan meninggalkanmu
Am                              F           G
Dan takkan lagi berpaling kepadamu

Solo : Am Em F C F

Em       Am     Em       Am
Ku rasa merasa menyesal
F                 G
Kenali dirimu woooo
C                            Em
Aku terima semua ini
Am                              F           G
Andai takdir tertulis semua terjadi

C                            Em
Aku akan meninggalkanmu
Am                              F           G
Dan takkan lagi berpaling kepadamu

C  F

 C-Am                  
 Kau tinggalkan aku
 G                      C
Kau lupakan aku

F

Am              G
Wooo uwoo wooo

tomok - Google Blog Search

tomok - Google Blog Search


Altimet feat <b>Tomok</b> - Aku Tahu Lirik | Killjols

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Bila berdepan tak bisa bicara lidah ku kaku
Jadi inilah hatiku didalam lagu
Aku tahu dahulu aku sering ingkar
Tahu aku selalu buat harimu sukar
Aku tahu kearah kau ku tunding jari
Kerna satu aksi mu selalu mengguris hati
Aku faham bila kau kurang memahami
Kenapa senang ku ingat susah ku memaafi
Suruhan mu sangat susah aku taati
Ini semua salahku tidak dinafi
Ku pikul dosa dosa ku ke ahir nanti
Kerna kau mengajar aku inilah cara lelaki
Aku tahu esok lusa kau pasti pergi
Aku tahu kau akan aku kebumi
Ku lakukannya tanpa airmata di pipi
Lihat kau akan hidup dalam anak anak ku nanti
Memori menghuni di pemikiranku
Akan diungkap waktu sejarah masa depanku
Aku tahu aku sering pergi
Menyepi berhari aku mencari rezeki
Ku kembali senyumanmu aku nikmati
Tawa mu ku kecapi dan kasih mu ku selami
Ku tak marah kau kacau tidur ku tiap pagi
Genggaman mu kecil hanya muat satu jari
Tapi di dalam kampung hatiku kau gergasi
Tak sabar untuk hari kau sebesar aku nanti
Kalau aku berjalan ku mahu kau berlari
Ku tadahkan bahu kau capailah matahari
Ingat kau gergasi di bumi gegarkan paksi
Terima kasih kerana mengajar aku jadi lelaki
Kau perlu tahu esok lusa ku pasti pergi
Kau perlu tahu aku akan kau kebumi
Lakukannya tanpa airmata di pipi
Lihat aku hidup di dalam anak anak mu pasti
Memori menghuni di pemikiranku
Akan diungkap waktu sejarah masa depanku
Aku tahu esok lusa kau pasti pergi
Aku tahu kau akan aku kebumi
Ku lakukannya tanpa airmata di pipi
Lihat kau akan hidup dalam anak anak ku nanti
Kau perlu tahu esok lusa ku pasti pergi
Kau perlu tahu aku akan kau kebumi
Lakukannya tanpa airmata di pipi
Lihat aku hidup di dalam anak anak mu pasti

Nur Fathia - Google Blog Search

Nur Fathia - Google Blog Search


<b>NUR FATHIA</b> DAN AIMAN HAKIM MELANCONG KE KOREA

Posted: 06 May 2014 05:56 PM PDT

3 GAMBAR NUR FATHIA DAN AIMAN HAKIM MELANCONG KE KOREA | Gambar romantik Nur Fathia dan Aiman Hakim bercuti di Korea.
Nampaknya, pasangan selebriti yang sedang meniti bahagia ketika ini, Nur Fathia dan Aiman Hakim telah mengambil peluang untuk bercuti di Korea.                                                                                                                                                                                 
Difahamkan, percutian mereka ke sana ditaja penuh oleh produk kecantikan K-Colly dan Height Up yang merupakan syarikat kecantikan berasal dari Korea.
Percutian ini juga adalah yang pertama selepas mereka berdua mengaku sedang menjalinkan hubungan cinta.
ISTERI SUKA SUAMI TAHAN LAMA!
JANA PENDAPATAN TANPA HENTI WALAUPUN ANDA TELAH BERHENTI!

Akim - Google Blog Search

Akim - Google Blog Search


The Public Professor » Eugène Grasset, “Décembre” (1895)

Posted: 13 May 2014 05:47 AM PDT

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Eugène Grasset, "Décembre" (1895). Posted on May 13th, 2014 by Akim Reinhardt. Eugène Grasset, "Décembre" (1895). Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Pinterest · Tumblr · StumbleUpon · Reddit · Digg · Email. Google+. Akim Reinhardt ...

3quarksdaily: Clayton Lockett&#39;s Botched Execution and the Moral <b>...</b>

Posted: 04 May 2014 09:55 PM PDT



Clayton Lockett's Botched Execution and the Moral Ambiguity of Capital Punishment

by Akim Reinhardt

Let me begin this essay by making one thing clear: I am opposed to capital punishment.  

I agree with pretty much all of the arguments against it. It's clearly not a deterrent. The possibility, much less the reality, that innocent people are sometimes executed is beyond inexcusable. A variety of factors have contributed to capital punishment being disproportionately applied to minorities and the poor in the United States. And I don't believe the state should be in business of killing its own people, even its most reprehensible members.

And so for all of those reasons, and several others, I oppose capital punishment.

Stephanie Neiman 3However, I also believe there is an element of moral ambiguity inextricably woven into the issue, and I am not comfortable with the moral absolutism that sometimes accompanies opposition to the death penalty.

While I personally oppose the use of capital punishment, I acknowledge that there is a rational and reasonable moral framework around which some supporters advocate for it. In short, I reject the notion that opponents such as myself can claim some sort of moral monopoly on the issue.

For starters, I think it is perfectly normal for someone to wish death upon a person who has brutally murdered a loved one. Opponents of capital punishment often drift into language of "savagery" when rejecting appeals for capital punishment, and I find this very troubling.

I think it extremely heartless and sanctimonious to label as "savage" or even "immoral" the very understandable desire for revenge by the loved ones of brutal crime victims. To the contrary, those feelings are incredibly normal. Ask any grief counselor.

I know that if someone, say, raped and murdered a member of my family, I would want the rapist-murderer to die. The vast majority of people would. Those who wouldn't are not the norm. Rather, the loved ones living in the aftermath of horrific, murderous crimes, who find it within their hearts to forgive the criminal, or at the very least, not want them dead, are extraordinary and admirable people.

Thus, I reject outright the notion that wishing death upon those who have committed unspeakably immoral acts of murder is itself an immoral sentiment. Rather, I see it as a humane and even sensible one, though I myself do not support the subsequent act of capital punishment.

Beyond the morality of victim survivors' desires, however, I also recognize the morality of a more distanced stance in support of capital punishment, even if I do not support the act itself. This is because I also reject what I consider to be a sentimentalized view of humanity that casts all human life as sacred. Instead, I embrace our mortality and impermanence, I reject our supposed inherent moral superiority to other beings, and I recognize that morality itself is a human construct that no other beings conceive.

I do believe that as human beings, we are responsible to the morality we construct and accept. But since morality is a construct, it must be subject to the highest levels of scrutiny. Furthermore, we must acknowledge not only morality's malleability and dynamism, but also that reasonable people committed to creating a moral framework can disagree to some extent without either of them being "immoral."

When I look at the moral universe of humanity, I see that all people behave in many ways, both good and bad. And that when people behave very well they are worthy of praise, while they are worthy of condemnation when they behave very poorly. Thus, I think it is perfectly reasonable and even "moral" to conclude that a society's most reprehensible members deserve the ultimate condemnation: that they do not actually deserve to live. Again, I am opposed to capital punishment. However, it is a very logical, reasonable, and even moral to assert that the world would actually be a better place without, say, Charles Manson. That it is a better place without, say, Jeffrey Dahmer.

The botched execution of Clayton Darell Lockett in Oklahoma last week has brought widespread attention to the issue of capital punishment. And rightly so. In a nation where state executions are frequent enough to render the issue blasé (last year alone there were 39 executions in the United States), more conversation is desperately needed. Oklahoma's rogue execution of Lockett has not only brought much needed attention, but also added fuel to the anti-capital punishment movement.

Stephanie neiman 2Oklahoma's handling of the Lockett execution, extensively chronicled by media outlets around the world, was simply reprehensible. Even if one supports the use of capital punishment as a reasonable and moral answer to humanity's worst imaginable actions, there is no denying that the gross incompetence and unplanned torture that marred Lockett's execution are not only inexcusable, but seemingly a clear violation of the U.S. constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.

In addition, the secrecy laws recently put into effect by Oklahoma and several other states, designed to hide the details of their experimental lethal injections, are utterly shameful. That state government would feel justified in hiding its execution methods from the pubic is shocking; it is a severe transgression of democratic values, and just one more reason to say executions should not be happening at all.

In short, the botched execution of Clayton Locket should never have happened. It is entirely unjustified, and the Oklahoma state officials who threatened to defy the courts, and who bullied their way towards this travesty deserve every bit of criticism that comes their way. People should be fired and/or voted out of office.

However, no one has yet convinced me that Clayton Darell Lockett actually deserved to live.

Again, I do not hold the moral stance that every human being has a right to live simply by virtue of being human. I deny the contention that there is a moral superiority or divine sacredness attached to being human. So, for example, I absolutely reject the notion that every human life is somehow sacred but that it's perfectly fine to slaughter other animals for sport or even food. To me, such assertions are morally dichotomous. For human beings to say that human beings are sacred but no other animal is, strikes me as a rather absurd brand of self-serving make-believe. And listening to someone prattle on about how wrong capital punishment is in between bites of a pork sandwich is mystifying. After all, the murderer actually did something worthy of execution. What did the pig do, other than fail to meet an arbitrarily definition of "sacred life?"

The fact is, even though I oppose the capital punishment, I am not morally opposed to the killing of brutal murders. And I will never, ever equate the horrors of Clayton Lockett's execution, as awful and inexcusable as they are, with the horrors he willingly in inflicted on a 19 year old woman named Stephanie Neiman.

Many outlets have graphically covered the travesty of Lockett's execution. However, many if not most of them have failed to even mention the woman he murdered. And those stories that have mentioned Stephanie Neiman, tended to brush over the details of what Lockett did to her.

I believe that as our society discusses the moral and ethical issues surrounding Lockett's botched execution, it is worth revisiting, in detail, what he did to Stephanie Neiman. To remember why some people, including Lockett's own stepmother, believe he deserved to die for the crimes he committed.

Clayton Darrell Lockett had previously been convicted of numerous crimes, including the intimidation of witnesses. The evidence gainst him in the murder of Stephanie Neiman of consisted of DNA, finger prints, the testimony of numerous eye witnesses, and Lockett's own confession. Here is what happened.

Believing a man named Bobby Bornt owed him $20, Lockett and two accomplices broke into Bornt's Perry, Oklahoma home, where they began beating him and ransacking his house. Amid the break in, Stephanie Neiman drove a friend named Summer Hair to Bornt's home, where they planned to invite him to a party.

When Hair approached the door, Lockett and his accomplices forced her into the home and beat her.  They then had her call Steaphanie Neiman to lure her into the home, where she too was beaten.  The intruders then raped Hair.  Afterwards, they kidnaped Neiman, Hair, Bornt, and Bornt's 9 month old baby, and drove the victims out to a rural road. 

Driving in two trucks, including one Neiman had received two weeks earlier as a graduation present, the kidnappers soon reached their isolated destination.  Along the way, Lockett had repeatedly threatened to kill the three adults and leave the baby at a shelter. The men now raped Hair again.

Lockett asked them if they would tell the police what had happened. Neiman said she would. Lockett then made her watch for 20 minutes as his accomplice Shawn Mathis dug a shallow grave by the side of the road.

Lockett then raised a gun and shot Neiman once, but the gun jammed. So he went back to the truck and returned with a shotgun. As he pointed it at her, he could her beg for or life, the words muffled by duct tape: "Oh God, please, please."  

Ignoring her pleas, Lockett shot Stephanie Neiman once with a single blast from the shotgun. He then told Mathis to bury her in the shallow grave. Mathis informed Lockett that Neiman wasn't actually dead. Lockett directed Mathis to bury her alive. He did.

Lockett later admitted seeing Stephanie Neiman breath as the dirt was piled over her. They left her there to die in the shallow grave. Afterwards they laughed about how tough she'd been.

Stephanie Neiman HS graduationI think we can unanimously agree that Clayton Lockett forfeited the right to live in our society, perhaps forever. The question then becomes, did he forfeit the right to live, period?  I say No, but I respect the morality of those who say Yes. I don't think Yes is an inherently immoral answer to that question.

In their appeal to the court after Clayton Lockett's conviction, Stephanie Neiman's parents requested the state of Oklahoma execute Clayton Lockett for what he had done to their only child.

Yes, I oppose capital punishment. But Stephanie Nieman's parents are not immoral for wanting Clayton Lockett dead, or now being happy that he is. Rather, it is immoral to judge them and condemn them for feeling that way. And even though I oppose capital punishment generally, and now condemn in the strongest terms possible the conditions of his execution, quite frankly, I'm glad he's dead.

The horrors of Lockett's execution, which are in fact a very far cry from the horrors he inflicted upon Stephanie Nieman, have led to substantial criticism, and rightly so. Critiques from Europe, where nearly all nations have abandoned capital punishment, have been particularly strong.

Some of the objections emerging from Europe are well reasoned, sober, and convincing. They are the kinds of condemnations I agree with, and I am grateful that such people continue to speak out against capital punishment in general and are denouncing this particularly grotesque execution.

However, some of the criticisms of Lockett's botched execution are pandering, patronizing, intellectually dubious, and morally vacuous.

For example, Alice Arnold of The Telegraph not only calls the botched execution an "atrocity," she says America is not "civilised," and recalls how for months she was haunted by images of Timothy McVeigh's 2001 execution; the same McVeigh who in 1995 murdered 168 people, including 19 children, and seriously injured several hundred more when he bombed a federal office building, ironically enough, also in Oklahoma.

Arnold makes no mention of Stephanie Neiman during her screed, much less the hundreds of McVeigh victims. Rest assured that whatever images might haunt the gentle constitution of Alice Arnold, they are naught compared to that which haunt Neiman's parents or the loved ones of McVeigh's victims. I find the depths of Arnold's narcissism to be utterly revolting.  It's a shame, because she makes some good points otherwise.

Then there is Robert Badinter a former French minister of justice who was instrumental in banning the death penalty in France in 1981. For that I admire him greatly. Nevertheless, when discussing Lockett's botched execution, he denounced "methods that are even more barbaric than ordinary barbarism."

Huh?  We're ranking forms of barbarism now?  Tell me then, where exactly does Clayton Lockett's barbarism fall on this imaginary scale of sanctimony?

It is forever disturbing to me that Europeans like Arnold and Badinter continue to indulge themselves with the language of "civilization" and "barbarism," seemingly oblivious to their own nations' colonial history, in which such language was used to justify murderous aggression and enslavement around the world. Of course their continued use of this deeply racist language in no way discredits their larger objections to the death penalty, but it is, if nothing else, stunningly ironic, especially given their refusal to acknowledge the profound "barbarism" of Lockett's heinous crimes.

But perhaps it should not be surprising. Perhaps it makes sense that dated, ethnocentric language would be glibly embedded in didactic arguments about capital punishment. Perhaps the simplistic is drawn to itself in various forms.

Let me close this essay the same way I began it: by stating my firm opposition to capital punishment. Just because I recognize, investigate, and respect moral ambiguities doesn't mean I am incapable of drawing moral conclusions; and I have concluded that I oppose capital punishment.

However, I do think it is important for us to acknowledge such ambiguities instead of grasping for some illusory moral monopoly. And I think such acknowledgments are particularly important in an era when so much public discourse on controversial issues is little more than a predictable cacophony of competing dogma.Stephanie Neiman

Serious issues like capital punishment, abortion, gun control, and immigration policy are controversial precisely because they are morally complex. Because they cannot be reduced to simple equations of moral absolutism as can issues such as slavery or cultural genocide. Because reasonable, rational, morally conscious people can disagree.

But when people who do disagree about morally complex issues take the time and find the courage to engage each other honestly and respectfully, we can begin to move forward as a society.

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Akim Reinhardt's website is ThePublicProfessor.com

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