
nadkicker69
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Oct 19, 2007, 3:58 AM
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Re: [To Everybody] Resolved: A just society ought not use the death penalty as a form of punishment.
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I'm for the death penalty. However, it should be a lasting punishment and not any of those sissy techniques such as the Firing Squad or the Electric Chair. Now I believe in "Innocent until proven guilty", as people DO make mistakes. That's what a one month waiting period is for - enough time to see if the "Guilty" is really guilty. After all, fair's fair. As for punishments, a good start would be some equivelant of the Burning At the Stake or something lasting to ensure that the executionee would meet an end as violent as his crime. Make it public for everybody to see from children to adults - it's a great deterrent, and TURN THAT VOLUME UP!
Now, let's go through some people's posts, shall we? "If someone is killed, having their murderer killed is not going to bring the person back. So what's the point?" The point is that he/she won't be alive to do it again. Yeah, I'll be feeling the loss of my friend/family no longer being with me, but I'll be content that El Murderer will be paying for it in the same fashion. "My fifth contention is that the death penalty is sadistic and barbaric. Whether you inject them, electrocute them, hang them, or use another fancy idea humans obtained to kill each other, the fact remains that people would really like to see others in a suffering state. There is a crowd of sadistic people in front the one being killed. What is the point of that? It makes us seem barbaric, how we watch and cheer for a murder as if it were a movie or a comedy act. Certainly our founders of America did not expect as though entertainment would erupt from killing another one of our own kind?" There was once an early American bloodbath called the Salem Witch Hunt. Not only was it a very painful event, but it was also damn near celebrated whenever a 'witch' was caught and burnt, drowned, or broken to pieces in a wheel (Breaking on the Wheel). I doubt our founding fathers really gave a s**t about what was humane. "My sixth contention is that the 8th Amendment to the Bill of Rights states that any crime will not result in a cruel and unusual punishment. Okay, so hanging Saddam Hussein in front of everyone and recording it to be viewed a million times on YouTube is neither cruel, nor unusual? It is wrong and horrible to the one who is being killed. One, that was in Iraq, not the states. Two, that's why we have police checking for video cameras and such so people will NOT film the executions and place them on MySpace in the States. Three, the 8th Amendment doesn't apply to citizens of the Middle East. Dead point. "I would have people tortured and what not for murder and other various crimes (of course not killing them in the process). In addition, they would have to pay huge fines to the person's family or whatever." I'm pretty damn sure that torture is going to bring back the dead person where killing will not... "Of course it is easier until you're in the victim's shoes. That shows the bias and emotion that screws up a perfectly logical punishment. Life in prison is more than enough for that. That's pretty torturous as well. You think death is scary? Try a hopeless, pessimistic life in prison" Citizens of the United States! Send in your tax dollars to house and feed those who killed your own! Screw that. Why pay to ensure that someone suffers for years and years? That's money better spent on say... More fuel and wood for the burning stakes. "You guys are forgetting the whole reason of prison. It is a punishment to reform people and show them that what they did was wrong. And if they're the people who cannot learn, they're that maniacal, they take life in prison, and/or solitary confinement. " Prison is a place for reform. Fair enough. But when you're getting life in prison, you're dead anyway. Quit wasting our money on dead men walking and clear the space for those that might learn a lesson. AND FUEL THOSE FLAMES, DAMMIT! "And anyway, my main thing against the Death Penalty is that yes, we don't kill everyone, it's not our only form of punishment, but who are we, as human beings, able to see who deserves death or not? " Who are we to see them fit to live, knowing that if they get away, they'll kill more, nevermind that fact that it's not his place? "@Jindrak - Know that asian guy who killed those people at virginia tech (I think)? You and a lot of people probably think that the guy was a miserable guy who has a terrible family and had a terrible childhood. I used to think like this until I thought better about it. Imagined how many stupid people kept mocking him and making fun of him because he was a "nerd jap". It reached a point he couldn't take it anymore, so he shot them. This is just an example of a crime that seems to have no reason at all, but in the end, it does. " Holy crap, you're justifying someone shooting people 'cause they made fun of him? Boo hoo frickin' hoo and gimme a poker to stoke the fires.
For those who say "THE DEATH PENALTY IS WRONG!", tell it to the mother of the dead kid. Thank you for your time! Have a nice day! ^^
= I am the Jester. I make the unreal real.
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