(June 17, 2011 at 2:19 pm)Napoleon Wrote: Lets just leave that serial killer locked away in his cell for the rest of his pointless existence so that he can consume food which could be going to starving children then eh?
Lol I know that. I was just having a little fun with him.
Let's extend this fun argument, then...
We could save a lot more food and oxygen by immediately killing all the murderers, rapists, petty criminals, political dissidents, unproductive citizens ...
Having fun yet?
The point is not that it's onerous to imprison the bad, or even what they deserve; it's what we deserve as a society. Clarke had an intriguing phrase, "Crime was a luxury Mercury could not afford." We can afford to not kill our enemies.