minimus, I'm sure they're are many things we would agree on.
Although, obviously this subject is not one of them.
Are You For or Against The Death Penalty?
by minimus 264 Replies latest jw friends
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minimus
Honestly, it happens a lot. My point in making that scenario is that there IS a reason to believe in the death penalty---esp. when it reaches close to home.
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sixsixsixtynine
Oh, well. I guess we'll have to "agree to disagree."
Enjoyed the debate. Cheers!
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Panda
Min, I'm pro death penalty. I was prodeath even when I was a flower child of the 60s and 70s (last century heh hehe) . However the slow process for everyone on death row is nauseating. The 15 years or so it takes to finally remove the cancer from the planet is way too long. For example; Scott Peterson should've got a quick bullitt to the head within months of his conviction. JW Gacey had plenty of time to paint hideous "art", the sort of thing none of his victims could do for those years because they were already dead... why should he have lived so long.
Part of being civilised is recognising that not all criminals are rehabilitative OR deserving of years for appeals. I'm also thinking of the 19 yr old American Taliban. Honestly how much closer to treason can you get without committing treason. Sheesh. Civilisations have long sought humane vehicles for execution. This is a foreign idea (for the criminal this includes the murderous demons who hack off civilians heads for an audience) compared with the suffering they have inflicted on their victims.
If we executed child molesters and rapists (as they do in other countries) the incredible recent rash of horror filled murders, rapes, live burials etc., would have been avoided. I also believe those who knowingly aid and abet these monsters should share their fate.
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Englishman
No country that calls itself Christian has any business whatsoever for instigating the death penalty.
Only a country that puts draconian vengeance before justice in order to satisfy it's electorate would use the death penalty. The US lags w-a-y behind humanitarian issues compared to most of the civilised world. The death penalty is simply a symptom of this disregard.
Sorry, you Mercans, I love you dearly but your country has so far to go in some matters.
Englishman.
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jeanniebeanz
compared to most of the civilised world
lol... define 'civilized'...
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horrible life
I'm suprised that sixsixsixtynine feels the way he does coming from Texas. This is taken from the Comedy Channel.
When the rest of the country is argueing about the death penality, Texas put in an express lane!!!
I don't know if I want to tell if I'm yea or nah. It's pretty hot in here. HL
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Mary
Let's say my daughter gets abducted, raped, tortured, mutilated and beaten to death from a killer. ALL the EVIDENCE PROVES he was the one. HE even admits it (because the evidence is overwhelming) and states that if he's not executed, he will kill again in prison or if he can ever get out, he'll rape and gleefully kill again.
You really think that's a believable scenario?
What about that piece of human garbage in Florida that abducted a nine-year old, raped her, buried her alive and then admitted it? This guy is simply taking up space on planet earth and doesn't deserve to live after what he did. Oh, did I mention that he's a repeat offender?
Seeing as he confessed, I say take the scumbag out bag and shoot him----end of story.
Obviously not all cases are that easy, but in the cases where there's no doubt, I say just get rid of them.
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PopeOfEruke
I'm against the death penalty for mainly 2 reasons:
1) justice system is not 100% perfect, if a mistake is made and the person is executed, there's no going back.
2) it's illogical to me to punish a person, say a murderer, with the same treatment as the crime as he committed...if killing someone is a CRIME, then how can it be logical to kill someone as the PUNISHMENT? Killing is dastardly, the state should never do it. If someone commits robbery, should the state then rob his house as punishment? Makes no sense to me.
I know the issue has many pro's and con's and it's nice to be able to post one's feelings on the matter.......I certainly respect everyone's right to have an opinion on the death penalty debate.
Cheers!
Pope