Death Penalty

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Only a barbarian can defend a man who has murdered his fellow being.

The man drooling at the thought of more spilled blood calls another man a barbarian for not wanting more blood spilled.

Absolutely, if its the blood of someone who is guilty of a crime that merits the ultimate price, life.
Besides, execution is not just for murderers. I believe that traitors should be given this sentence as well.

So because you don't like the thought of them living on taxpayer money you want to kill them? You're disgusting.
Let's remember the purpose of prison, it separates the criminals from the rest of society as a form of protection and punishment. It requires money to do this.

Right now, an enemy of my people dines on our money in a prison because we've abolished the death penalty. Yet still he speaks through the bars his poison, ungrateful, that he receives his daily bread through the money earned by our sweat.

I personally don't believe prisons ought to be ways of punishing people. Depriving a man of his freedom means nothing. At the same time, it does not serve to rehabilitate lesser criminals such as thieves.
If society does not want them, what purpose does it serve to keep them alive? Lesser criminals whose crimes are not great enough should receive their punishment as hard labor in benefit for society.

So you adhere to lex talionis justice, great, life imprisonment fills that "life for a life" bullshit too. The prisoner loses their freedom, sure, people like you don't feel like that's enough but that's because you're small minded and bloodthirsty.

The fact that a prisoner loses freedom, which is untrue, the fact is, a prisoner is effectively free from all responsibilities in life, in regards to their sustenance, in regards to their housing and everything else.

No, I know what justice means, I just despise your interpretation of what justice demands.

Justice demands blood for blood.
Not loss of freedom for blood. Someone got killed, and the other got free meals, free housing and free healthcare for life.

Wrong again, my arguments have been my own. The fact that my arguments walk in step with others who hold the same opinion of the death penalty is of no consequence, my words and thoughts are my own.

Well, the fact that they come out of your fingertips, does not mean that they are yours.
Our words are never "ours" to begin with. We all have our unspoken references.

Also, I'm not sure how I would react in such a situation, though I can assume that I wouldn't be of sound mind to make a rational or moral decision. That's one of the reasons why the law isn't left to the victim's families. Oh, and if I do have a loved one that's killed by some psychopath they won't be demanding anything, they'll be fucking dead.

By being dead, they demand vengeance.
If a loved one of mine had perished at the hands of another person, and he went to jail, I'd bribe some guy inside to shank him in the showers.