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_Ocean_Drive_
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Iwate
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| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
I'm pro the death penalty for the simple reason that to me, when somebody sinks that low, we shouldn't have to have them in society. Years ago we'd have just sent them to australia, but nowadays they'd get out, so they should be killed. |
I understand where you're coming from, Ian, but state-sponosred murder / revenge? Death Penalty is revenge, not punishment. And no, it's not a detterent either. Do you also extend the death penalty to a 16 year-old raping a 15-year old?
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Are you seriously just not reading? Or thinking? I have not said that they should not be punished or incarcerated for what they've done. I totally agree that it's pretty much the most horrendous thing that one person can do to another, and yes, I would be quite pissed if somebody I knew was raped. But just as there should be separation of church and state, there should be separation of emotion and state - justice is not there to exact revenge or to satiate your bloodlust - it's to protect specific instances from occurring again (however much it fails at that) through punishment. Just because the people are angry and want to see death does not make it right. Do rapists and pedophiles deserve any better? Of course not. But the satisfaction of deserving is not and should not be in the hands of the government nor should it belong to the desires of an angry mob of people who had fuck-all nothing to do with the situation but show their support of one another because they think that it elevates them to some incarnation of noble brutality. |
Well said.
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| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
Social outcasts are often of the opinion that they must have a drink before being able to loosen up with their inhibitions, thus being able to have a good time.
There's a word that sums up this sort of behaviour, and that word is 'reject.' |
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