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Plan9 · 11-27-2007, 06:14 PM

Nothing, especially the legal system, is 100% anything.

Why do people always have to point out the 1/99 failures in the system? What about the 99 pieces of garbage that got what they deserved? Nothing is perfect.

Wha-wha-wha... human rights. Who wants to spend twenty five years in jail? Not me. I'd rather die. Jail for decades. Is that humane? Is that justice? That's babysitting felons. Felons who get better treatment than the poor veterans of the Vietnam war (or this war, soon). Warm meals, cushy beds, TeeVee, god knows what else. Our system is so good that some felons commit additional crimes to go back because it is better than being free. What does that tell us about our system?

I'd rather the system beat me close to death and leave me on the street instead of "take care of me" in a box for endless years.

The death penalty is invoked for specific, heinous crimes. Homicide, rape, etc.

Death penalty is about justice and general deterrence. 90% "rightness" would be acceptable to me. So a few "innocent" people die. Big deal. Innocent people die every day on the outside. Robbery, rape, useless combat deployments. Show me where this changes by keeping people alive in jail and flushing money down the toilet. I think a big factor is money. Why does it cost more to kill somebody (by keeping them on death row for years) than it does for a life sentence?

Convicts rarely give anything back to a society that pays so much to segregate them.

Death penalty: Be reasonably sure. Speed it up. Greater good and all that.

/rant

11-27-2007, 06:14 PM	#71 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Nothing, especially the legal system, is 100% anything. Why do people always have to point out the 1/99 failures in the system? What about the 99 pieces of garbage that got what they deserved? Nothing is perfect. Wha-wha-wha... human rights. Who wants to spend twenty five years in jail? Not me. I'd rather die. Jail for decades. Is that humane? Is that justice? That's babysitting felons. Felons who get better treatment than the poor veterans of the Vietnam war (or this war, soon). Warm meals, cushy beds, TeeVee, god knows what else. Our system is so good that some felons commit additional crimes to go back because it is better than being free. What does that tell us about our system? I'd rather the system beat me close to death and leave me on the street instead of "take care of me" in a box for endless years. The death penalty is invoked for specific, heinous crimes. Homicide, rape, etc. Death penalty is about justice and general deterrence. 90% "rightness" would be acceptable to me. So a few "innocent" people die. Big deal. Innocent people die every day on the outside. Robbery, rape, useless combat deployments. Show me where this changes by keeping people alive in jail and flushing money down the toilet. I think a big factor is money. Why does it cost more to kill somebody (by keeping them on death row for years) than it does for a life sentence? Convicts rarely give anything back to a society that pays so much to segregate them. Death penalty: Be reasonably sure. Speed it up. Greater good and all that. /rant __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake." Last edited by Plan9; 11-27-2007 at 06:25 PM..