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cali

(114,904 posts) Sat Jan 18, 2014, 07:23 AM Jan 2014

I have had a visceral opposition to the death penalty since I was a very small child [View all]

where in hell it came from, I don't know. I was a voracious reader as a kid, but horror of state sponsored killing predates that, I think. Once I did start reading, my horror of the state killing just increase.

I know it's better for the sake of argument to point out that the death penalty is expensive, that it doesn't reduce murder, that its unfairly applied, that people innocent of the crime they've been convicted of, are sentenced to death, etc. and those are all excellent reasons to oppose the dp, but at the very root of my opposition is that same visceral horror of state sponsored killing that I've had for as long as I can remember.

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I have had a visceral opposition to the death penalty since I was a very small child [View all] cali Jan 2014 OP

I was always wholeheartedly in favor of it. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #1

How about those that are mentally ill? Live and Learn Jan 2014 #4

??? Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #6

It seemed you were suggesting that you changed your mind Live and Learn Jan 2014 #8

I really have no idea how you came to that conclusion. Maybe you should re-read it. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #9

Not really. Live and Learn Jan 2014 #12

... Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #13

Was that your final say? lol nt Live and Learn Jan 2014 #16

Since you apparently cannot understand simple English, Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #17

Was that a no? nt Live and Learn Jan 2014 #19

. Iggo Jan 2014 #35

Me too! I hate that they kill anyone Live and Learn Jan 2014 #2

When I learned at a young age that executions were often used as political weapons, livingwagenow Jan 2014 #3

Exactly, unless we profess all killings to be unacceptable Live and Learn Jan 2014 #7

I was the same, Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2014 #5

I was born in 1947 and raised by my Jewish mother.. mountain grammy Jan 2014 #27

I have never been a supporter of the death penalty kydo Jan 2014 #10

well, you and I are very different. You're advocating torture and vengeance. cali Jan 2014 #11

+1 Rehabilitation and medical research for those cases where Live and Learn Jan 2014 #15

I'm not advocating torture and vengeance kydo Jan 2014 #25

The true heart of the matter: "it dimishes us all." markpkessinger Jan 2014 #34

I always knew the death penalty was wrong. My parents always knew the death penalty was wrong Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #14

I have been against the death penalty all my life malaise Jan 2014 #18

There are very few people that I feel absolutely earned a death penalty Demeter Jan 2014 #20

I hear you- and at moments of rage, feel the same way, but I just can't endorse the state killing cali Jan 2014 #22

This would be more international in scope, usually Demeter Jan 2014 #23

On your side 110%.... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2014 #21

Very easy to do away with the chances of executing innocents. Change the law. 7962 Jan 2014 #24

Nope. I am against the state killing. period. no exceptions. ever. cali Jan 2014 #26

So we disagree then. Thats ok. Thats why this is a "discussion" board! nt 7962 Jan 2014 #30

I'm opposed to it, without equivocations. marmar Jan 2014 #28

No government should have the power of life and death over its citizens rock Jan 2014 #29

I recall hearing about the Romanian revolution and Ceausescu's execution and feeling conflicted Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2014 #31

I've always felt the same... SiobhanClancy Jan 2014 #32

Me too. I think I remember when it was applegrove Jan 2014 #33