(January 28, 2015 at 8:13 pm)Blackout Wrote: Instead we should find methods for less people to become blind. And that is not done by blinding those who blinded others. It is done trough research and application of studied political, economical and social measures. There's a reason the state with the highest probability of prisoner rehabilitation, Norway, has these 5 star ranking prisons and doesn't execute anyone.
I guess it makes more sense when you don't take the 'eye for an eye' literally. Gotcha. I have nothing against rehabilitation (if it is a plausible option for the person in question, that is). Reducing crime rate should be the overall goal, and if rehabilitation is far more effective than punitive measures, then sure, why not? For some reason I had gotten more of a 'turn the other cheek' (i.e. you should do nothing rather than punish someone) impression.
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
