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Originally Posted by Ustwo
You can oppose the death penalty based on human error, I can respect that, but don't talk about justice while doing so.
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Let's not use a dictionary to teach us about justice. We must go beyond even encyclopedic entries.
A deserved punishment for murder is one that restores at least some semblance of harmony to society. Life imprisonment removes guilty parties from free society for an extended period of time. Killing them causes more discord.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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