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Originally Posted by JJIII
Do we, as a people, really want to punish someone or do we want to protect ourselves from any more harm at the hands of someone? I personally believe that the punishment will come from a higher authority than here on earth. At the same time I resent having to feed and house some of the a$$holes we have in prisons now for the rest of their lives. The death penalty smells a lot like murder. Just because it is allowed by law doesn't change the final outcome.
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At least we can tell that you have thought about it, and that you haven't given in to a knee jerk reaction one direction or another. To me, to punish someone who has taken a cold calculated decision to take the life of another with another cold calculated decision to take a life, puts society in the role of the murderer.
I have similar questions about involvement in war. We train young men and women how to take the lives of others, and then put them in a situation of kill or be killed. It seems sadly ironic to me that people who don't trust the government to administer a health insurance system are more than willing to trust the government to make life or death decisions in international conflicts and in criminal administration.
Regards,
D-Ray