RE: Indonesia to execute six drug offenders
March 4, 2015 at 2:53 pm
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2015 at 3:07 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(March 4, 2015 at 2:22 pm)Norman Humann Wrote: Let's not forget that when fighting monsters, one must take care not to become a monster as well. Murdering murderers is still immoral.
The immediate purpose of fighting monsters is not to make sure there are no monsters in the world. It is to be seen and take credit for fighting monsters, and to make sure there are no monsters that are not under your control. .
(March 4, 2015 at 1:48 pm)robvalue Wrote: The thing about the death penalty is you have to weigh up all the problems with not executing airtight murder cases:
1) If they are released or they escape, needless innocents may die.
2) The tax payer has to fund them being kept alive.
3) The prisons are fuller so that there's less room for other crimes and sentences end up being reduced artificially.
4) Another reason probably. Not at my best today.
I know it's far from clear cut, but I come down slightly on the side of the DP not as punishment, but to protect society from those who have proven unsafe to ever be in it.
The thing about not executing airtight murder cases is you lose the blood thirsty votes.
The thirst for blood is far more common beneath the veneer and far easier to draw out onto the surface than you think.
This is the same in Indonesia as in Texas, same in Texas as in China. In China the blood thirsty either don't get a vote, or don't need to vote. But the government still fears what would happen if they are not satiated.
