The Death Penalty - are you for or against it and why?

[The Grand Nudger]

Very much seems that people are defining behavior as "inhuman" along the lines of how they think we should act. Despite evidence to the contrary. Seen many serial killing bonobos or koala bears? Even lions aren't serial killers and their existence is based entirely around killing. These things which we detest so much are very often singularly human, nothing "inhuman" about them. I've done many terrible things, am I "inhuman"? Before anyone even asks or goes down this road, I feel remorse for half of it at the very most, and most of that half isn't even high on the list of inhuman shit (even giving myself half is probably an exaggeration to make myself look better). I have an immense amount of pride in a great deal of it, so conflicting, lol. I agree that our ideas of what we should do, and how we should act are superior to what we can actually be shown to be doing, how we can be shown to be acting. That said, why is the death penalty not part and parcel with the nastier shit that we do, but shouldn't? It gets a pass. If you kill someone because you catch them murdering your wife that's justified vengeance (yes?). If the state were to kill someone for murdering your wife vengeance isn't even a factor (or at least that's what some folks are selling). People get heated on this issue, but lets call a spade a spade ffs.