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Originally Posted by Slims
So you feel the death penalty should exist--for the crimes which society finds most horrible, as defined by the general will of the population. Why do you object now to Laos doing exactly what you supported...executing a person who is heavily involved in the international drug trade... The amount of Heroin she had could kill a lot of people and ruin a lot of lives.
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Certainly I do support the death penalty. But I have very clearly stated even in the thread that you quote that I do not support the execution of women; and nor does any civilised human being in my opinion. Executing a woman is a very different thing to executing a violent murderer.
Also I stated that this was in regard to the worst crimes as defined by the general will of the people, not the mad idea's of a dictatorship. In no sane society is any non violent crime considered a capital crime.
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