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RE: Death Penalty
August 31, 2015 at 1:51 pm
I don't argue for killing someone because they killed someone else. That kind of person could be rehabilitated, especially if it's the first time and they're shaken up by it. I'm talking about the worst of the worst. Something that most people wouldn't think a Human being was capable of. I'm not even argueing to do unto them what they did to others. I'm just talking about capturing someone who did sick, demented things to someone, or multiple people, and then putting a bullet in their head. That's hardly eye for an eye mentality.
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RE: Death Penalty
August 31, 2015 at 5:18 pm
(August 31, 2015 at 1:51 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I don't argue for killing someone because they killed someone else. That kind of person could be rehabilitated, especially if it's the first time and they're shaken up by it. I'm talking about the worst of the worst. Something that most people wouldn't think a Human being was capable of. I'm not even argueing to do unto them what they did to others. I'm just talking about capturing someone who did sick, demented things to someone, or multiple people, and then putting a bullet in their head. That's hardly eye for an eye mentality.
What would be the point of doing that, though? If you can put them behind bars where they are no longer a threat to society, then what good will it due to destroy yet another human life?
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RE: Death Penalty
August 31, 2015 at 6:33 pm
Unless they're kept in chains, and in isolation, they're still a threat to everyone around them. Either by what they do, or what they say.
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RE: Death Penalty
August 31, 2015 at 6:39 pm
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(August 31, 2015 at 6:33 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Unless they're kept in chains, and in isolation, they're still a threat to everyone around them. Either by what they do, or what they say.
I don't see how a person can possibly be that much of a threat to others by what they "say" to the point of having to kill them to maintain safety. 
How dangerous is it anyway, for a murderer to be in prison? Are there statistics to show how many convicted murderers in high security prison kill others? It doesn't seem a legitimate threat.
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RE: Death Penalty
August 31, 2015 at 9:26 pm
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(August 30, 2015 at 2:30 am)pool Wrote: Why do we kill people for killing people to show that killing is wrong?
Mind = Blown.
There's a real big difference between killing someone and murdering them.
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RE: Death Penalty
August 31, 2015 at 10:13 pm
(August 31, 2015 at 6:39 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't see how a person can possibly be that much of a threat to others by what they "say" to the point of having to kill them to maintain safety.
How dangerous is it anyway, for a murderer to be in prison? Are there statistics to show how many convicted murderers in high security prison kill others? It doesn't seem a legitimate threat. (emphasis is mine)
It's not.
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RE: Death Penalty
September 1, 2015 at 2:57 pm
(August 31, 2015 at 9:26 pm)GenericAthiest Wrote: (August 30, 2015 at 2:30 am)pool Wrote: Why do we kill people for killing people to show that killing is wrong?
Mind = Blown.
There's a real big difference between killing someone and murdering them.
Not always. Murdering someone is always killing them.
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