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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
I dont want to get off topic, but the death penalty really does exist to satisfy the will of the people - not to make the world safer.
You may say that the right to life should be absolute and it is wrong to sacrifice some individuals (who we all agree do terrible things) to satisfy this, but I think this is the rationale
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I think though, 'the people' have mental difficulty in accepting that the death penalty appeases something in them that precedes the development of the 'civil society.' Therefore they endeavor to imagine all sorts of practical reasons for deliberately killing these people. I have far more tolerance for people who just accept and voice clearly that their support of the death penalty is based on simple emotional appeasment, rather than some practical fantasy about making the world a safer place.
*edit* or even worse, the 'saving money' tact...
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Last edited by mixedmedia; 03-19-2008 at 03:09 PM..
Reason: grammatical error
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