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| quote: | Originally posted by PHALPAX
Killing something is............killing something . You may justify the circumstance that something was killed for/by, but the fact remains that you are terminating a carbon based organism. To correct myself from my previous post, I was implying the protestant christian right.....catholics are against the death penalty. |
Yes, killing is definitely not a good act, but since we live in an imperfect world, then killing someone is sometimes better than letting that person live. Killing innocent children is not good for the society. Killing psychopaths or drug bosses is. Besides, you kill thousands of carbon based organisms on a daily bases anyway.
| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
If we're going to blame killing someone on being "sick," then why can't we extend that to every day crimes? After all a "normal" person wouldn't commit a crime, would they? If that's the case why do we have punishments at all, after all it's not really their fault, it's biology's and genetic's fault. It's a rediculous precident to set, saying that merely the act of killing someone makes them "sick." Biology and genes can't wield a knife or pull a trigger, only a person can, and that person must be held accountable. |
Yes, I totally agree with this. Personally I don't see why some murderers should be spared if they're mentally ill. True, they maybe aren't aware of their actions, but that doesn't justify them in any way. If they're let free, they might unawarely kill again. Besides, it's not like a temporal condition, where a person was unaware of one's actions because he/she was drugged or something. It's a permanent condition, and there's no getting better.
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