(February 18, 2011 at 4:29 pm)Thor Wrote: If that's true, then we can't ever punish anyone for anything without being hypocritical.
I realize this. Absurdities like this often rear their heads when the human condition is in the mix. Of course I am for jailing law breakers, but that doesnt take away from the fact that the concept is contradictory and ultimately absurd. Same thing with the absurdity of "killing people is bad and we will kill you for it." This is what we as humans have no choice but to face, and because of it we will never reach a consensus of what is right or wrong in many cases and we are doomed to bicker like this perpetually never to find the perfect government, or the meaning of life.
Just so that you know I have been having this inner discussion with myself for several years and still could not make a choice. I think I need to make a choice, add everything up and flat out say I support the death penalty, but I find it disgusting! As long as it is done rarely with ample evidence backing it up for heinous crimes then I will go ahead and vote "I support it".
