RE: Atheists, the death penalty and abortion...
May 28, 2013 at 8:52 am
(This post was last modified: May 28, 2013 at 8:56 am by littleendian.)
(March 20, 2013 at 6:31 am)catfish Wrote:Circular argument, won't work. You are appealing to the category itself when justifying the category. That's weak(March 20, 2013 at 6:11 am)NoraBrimstone Wrote: What is the difference, exactly? Apart from the fact that a wasp is an actual complete lifeform that can think anf feel, unlike a foetus.
And this is what's funny. ^^^^^^^^ One is a human, the other is not.

(April 10, 2013 at 4:10 pm)loganlandis Wrote: They did it to so many other people, why should we care about how they feel when it happens to them?Because we acknowledge that it's terrible, that's why there's a law against it in the first place!
(April 10, 2013 at 4:10 pm)loganlandis Wrote: Plus if we started following through with more death penalties maybe our prisons wouldn't be so overcrowded with death row inmates.That's a ridiculous argument.
(April 10, 2013 at 4:10 pm)loganlandis Wrote: Average death row wait is 14 years, why?Because it's a matter of life and death.
"Men see clearly enough the barbarity of all ages — except their own!" — Ernest Crosby.