RE: The Death Penalty - are you for or against it and why?
February 21, 2011 at 8:51 am
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2011 at 9:04 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I voted "I support it" simply because I can imagine there may be a time when it may be needed, I can't envisage exactly when though.
Maybe if a serial killer was caught and had somehow managed to escape imprisonment three times already and managed to kill more people each time he got out, or something like that.
However, if I am ever in support of it, I only support it if it is done by purely painless means.
Being convicted a murderer or rapist on only one or two counts isn't enough for the death penalty in my opinion, simply because they could well be innocent and wrongly convicted. But if someone is convicted as a serial rapist or serial murder (or both) there is a far smaller chance that they are innocent.
Agreed. Since there is no free will, no one deserves anything at all, be it good or bad.
Maybe if a serial killer was caught and had somehow managed to escape imprisonment three times already and managed to kill more people each time he got out, or something like that.
However, if I am ever in support of it, I only support it if it is done by purely painless means.
Being convicted a murderer or rapist on only one or two counts isn't enough for the death penalty in my opinion, simply because they could well be innocent and wrongly convicted. But if someone is convicted as a serial rapist or serial murder (or both) there is a far smaller chance that they are innocent.
(February 21, 2011 at 6:40 am)The Omnissiunt One Wrote: Personally, I find the notion of 'deserving' something, which is one of the main arguments in favour of the death penalty from what I've seen here, pretty dubious.
Agreed. Since there is no free will, no one deserves anything at all, be it good or bad.
