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Sat Feb-04-06 12:18 PM
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To be pro death penalty ... |
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...one would have to assume:
1. The courts always get the conviction correct. 2. The execution acts as a deterrent. 3. That locking them up for life is more expensive.
Since none of these 3 are true, then what good is the death penalty?
Is it a visceral vengeance with no regard that a falsely charged person occasionally is put to death? If that is the case, then we are nothing more than mindless animals.
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:20 PM
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1. or you just believe that some people should be killed |
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not all death penalty proponents believe or even care whether or not these assumptions are true.
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:22 PM
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2. I expect that revenge is the motivation for most... |
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That support the death penalty. As you say there is no argument based on deterrence, public safety or cost that would justify it.
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:23 PM
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Saw plenty of it right here late last year.
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:16 PM
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:25 PM
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I believe people place all their anger into those they believe are guilty of a crime, any crime. These people on death row are just whipping boys for the angry.
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:26 PM
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5. "we ARE nothing more than animals" |
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....but not mindless...we're quite methodical and diabolical in the ways we go about thinin' the herd. :think:
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:26 PM
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6. It's all about revenge. I used to support it, then looked into the FACTS, |
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now I think it's inappropriate. Too many false convictions.
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:30 PM
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8. I love the sight of an open mind in the morning! |
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So many people cling to their beliefs without even "looking into the facts" because as they see it they are right no matter what.
We are human; therefore, we are fallible.
I've changed my mind when I thought things were set in stone. It was a real eye opener.
Happy to see there are others out there who do the same thing.
Yay!
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:29 PM
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7. For Most It Is Combined of Feeling Society Is More Safe, |
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(they still kill when in prison, ya know) and also for feeling that they don't deserve to live for their crimes.
Most I know that support it do so for those reasons. They feel those that are so vile to murder in such ways do not deserve to live and pose a risk to others as long as they are alive, therefore for others protection should be executed.
I myself do not condone the DP, but you did miss these other points in your synopsis above.
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:36 PM
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for the death penalty.
its the old way. an eye for an eye.
its pure REVENEGE and the LUST for that satisfaction.
I would have to have something thats punishable by death happen to me or my family though to see how firmly i stand behind it, but based on how i feel now... no death.
i believe life n prison is a better punishment and that death is an easy exit.
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:38 PM
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10. A simple solution for the simple minded |
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Anyone spending 5 minutes thinking about this will know the DP is wrong.
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Sat Feb-04-06 12:47 PM
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...argue that court appeals time should be shortened. Of course that would increase the amount of innocent people being executed but blood lust is blood lust I guess.
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:04 PM
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12. There are plenty of left wingers right here who say the same thing |
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They came out of the woodwork in droves during the Tookie debates.
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:05 PM
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:07 PM
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Where were you a couple months ago? LOL
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:30 PM
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16. You would get a grade of 'F' |
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If this was a critical thinking class, your argument would be dead on arrival.
You should do a little more research before you ascribe your assumptions to your opponents.
There are stronger arguments for the death penalty. Look it up.
I am anti-death penalty by the way.
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Sat Feb-04-06 01:32 PM
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