RE: Death Penalty
March 29, 2009 at 5:44 pm
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2009 at 11:19 pm by Meatball.)
(March 28, 2009 at 5:01 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote:Well obviously rights are a concept we've created and try to apply to society.(March 28, 2009 at 4:55 pm)Meatball Wrote: I think the right to life is inalienable and no government should be allowed to execute it's citizens.
I don't really believe in rights at all let alone ones that are inalienable. Rights don't exist unless someone can defend/enforce them.
I think any government should do everything within their power to recognize that people should have a right to life, a right to free speech, right to assemble, etc..., and that the government should do their best to enforce these standards.
Obviously nobody can guarantee life, but a government should recognize that nobody is justified in taking another's life, saving extreme circumstances.
- Meatball