RE: The Death Penalty - are you for or against it and why?
June 28, 2011 at 2:55 pm
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2011 at 3:06 pm by bozo.)
(June 27, 2011 at 1:31 am)twocompulsive Wrote: One reason why some are in favour of the death penalty is because they erroneously believe that by denying the perpetrator their life, they are somehow punishing them. But the absolute worst thing you can do to someone is to put them in permanent solitary confinement. That is far more damaging than a quick death. Once it has occurred then that individual suffers no more. So how this can be viewed as punishment is beyond me, when they could be languishing in a tiny cell for the rest of their life. If I had to choose between the two, I know which I would opt for. Though I would rather the guillotine than lethal injection. One second to die is much better than twenty five minutes.
Nice choice of the guillotine. I have read that when the blade severs the neck there is a " pleasant cooling sensation ".
I have consistently voted against for many years , for reasons already posted.
To those who are for and specifically those who favour selective execution for some murders, would you execute Kim Crawford aged 21 from New York who has admitted hitting her 5-year-old son hard in the back and stomach? The child died of internal injuries and she is charged with murder and manslaughter for his death. She apparently was angry with the child for breaking the television while playing a Wii video game.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
