Do I look religious? I don't think there is life after death, either. I don't believe in god or other ancient magical outer space superheroes.
I just know that a life in, say, a solitary confinement cell probably isn't worth living and that it would better to be stinking up a pine box.
I value my life and that doesn't mean living just for the sake of being alive. I think a lot of people are simply afraid to die. They'd rather suffer.
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Innocent or guilty, I think putting a man in a cell for 30 years and letting him out is worse than just putting him to death.
I think our current practice is just as cruel and unusual. And, gosh, how we like to masturbate over how civilized we are.
Last edited by Plan9; 11-09-2010 at 11:06 PM..
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