RE: ALL HAIL CAPITALISM
March 24, 2012 at 10:35 am
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2012 at 10:48 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Nothing to do with pc Cin, I'm as bloodthirsty as the next guy, I just don't think that's the side of myself or "us" that should be codified into our system of law. It's highly likely that I would cry for blood if one of my daughters became a victim, but I'd be disappointed if we (I use the general "we") thought that my bloodlust in that moment was a product of anything other than my own grief. Consider his life sentence a long term stay in protective custody. Keeps both sides from doing further harm.
The post my comment was directed towards. Terrible as it may be, what's the point in having an ideal if you drop it when things become insufferable? Let me have this one little thing, I'd like to think that we could do better, perhaps we cannot. It is a pleasant thought though. Whatever terrible outburst I would have faced with the loss of my daughter should not be held against me as though it formed the entirety of how I really felt, deep down, even on this single issue.
(If I misread this post and you did not mean to implicate everyone..... my bad amigo.)
(March 23, 2012 at 3:28 pm)Cinjin Wrote: O wait, unless of course it's THEIR child or sibling or parent who gets raped and murdered, than suddenly they're not so rigid on capital punishment.
The post my comment was directed towards. Terrible as it may be, what's the point in having an ideal if you drop it when things become insufferable? Let me have this one little thing, I'd like to think that we could do better, perhaps we cannot. It is a pleasant thought though. Whatever terrible outburst I would have faced with the loss of my daughter should not be held against me as though it formed the entirety of how I really felt, deep down, even on this single issue.
(If I misread this post and you did not mean to implicate everyone..... my bad amigo.)
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