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Atheist and the Death penalty
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RE: Atheist and the Death penalty
September 6, 2015 at 12:26 am
(September 5, 2015 at 6:02 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:
(September 5, 2015 at 7:15 am)ScepticOrganism Wrote: Probably not. But your question says a lot more about what you think, than my answer. Are you saying "So why worry about it if no one is gonna get hurt by this maniac every again? he's in for a lifetime, and thats that"

Maybe I am overthinking it.
(emphasis is mine)

You are. I've stated my objections to the death penalty, but I'll state them again. It's more expensive than life in prison (no, not because of the execution method) and it's not a deterrent to any crime for which it is applied.
Jail and lengthy prison sentences are not deterrents either.  People will always do what they really want to do regardless of the consequences.  It's human (and animal) nature.

As for the death penalty the rules can always be changed if cost is a major concern.  Of course more innocent people would get executed but the State has already stolen their lives by putting them in prison in the first place.  
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Atheist and the Death penalty - by strawdawg - September 2, 2015 at 10:53 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 2, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Alex K - September 2, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 10:58 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Alex K - September 2, 2015 at 11:00 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 2, 2015 at 3:12 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Alex K - September 4, 2015 at 8:15 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 4, 2015 at 12:53 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 4, 2015 at 5:54 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 4, 2015 at 8:28 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 4, 2015 at 8:31 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 5, 2015 at 2:48 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 5, 2015 at 6:05 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2015 at 4:53 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 6:08 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2015 at 9:56 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by IATIA - September 6, 2015 at 10:05 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 7, 2015 at 12:26 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by IATIA - September 7, 2015 at 2:17 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 4, 2015 at 8:56 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 5, 2015 at 2:49 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 5, 2015 at 6:06 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 5, 2015 at 7:30 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 11:04 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Alex K - September 2, 2015 at 11:07 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 11:22 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 11:08 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 2, 2015 at 11:15 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by strawdawg - September 2, 2015 at 11:24 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 11:28 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 11:41 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 11:46 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 11:48 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 11:50 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 12:00 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 12:06 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 2, 2015 at 12:37 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cyberman - September 2, 2015 at 11:33 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Bad Wolf - September 2, 2015 at 11:53 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 4, 2015 at 7:55 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 12:00 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 12:02 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Losty - September 8, 2015 at 8:46 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 4, 2015 at 7:58 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Javaman - September 4, 2015 at 8:23 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 5, 2015 at 12:41 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 5, 2015 at 7:18 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 12:02 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 2, 2015 at 12:10 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 12:13 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Bad Wolf - September 2, 2015 at 12:42 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 2, 2015 at 1:16 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 2, 2015 at 1:50 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 2, 2015 at 2:41 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 12:47 pm
Atheist and the Death penalty - by KUSA - September 2, 2015 at 1:04 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 2, 2015 at 1:06 pm
Atheist and the Death penalty - by KUSA - September 2, 2015 at 1:27 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by strawdawg - September 2, 2015 at 2:34 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Javaman - September 2, 2015 at 8:35 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 4, 2015 at 3:59 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Javaman - September 4, 2015 at 7:51 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Catholic_Lady - September 2, 2015 at 10:59 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Minimalist - September 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by strawdawg - September 3, 2015 at 10:52 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 4, 2015 at 4:46 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 4, 2015 at 5:19 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Napoléon - September 4, 2015 at 7:56 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by ScepticOrganism - September 4, 2015 at 8:39 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 4, 2015 at 10:43 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Redbeard The Pink - September 4, 2015 at 11:15 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 5, 2015 at 12:26 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Redbeard The Pink - September 5, 2015 at 1:35 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 5, 2015 at 2:12 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by ScepticOrganism - September 5, 2015 at 7:15 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Ravenshire - September 5, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 6, 2015 at 12:26 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by thehedglin - September 5, 2015 at 6:27 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by IATIA - September 6, 2015 at 1:35 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 4:15 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2015 at 4:56 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by IATIA - September 6, 2015 at 6:50 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by surreptitious57 - September 6, 2015 at 2:45 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 3:04 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 6, 2015 at 3:40 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 4:15 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 4:33 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 6:06 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 6, 2015 at 4:37 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 6:07 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 6:40 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 6, 2015 at 6:46 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 9:48 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 7, 2015 at 1:09 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 7:14 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 9:49 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by thehedglin - September 6, 2015 at 5:06 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2015 at 9:40 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 6, 2015 at 6:09 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 6, 2015 at 4:03 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 6, 2015 at 3:54 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Spooky - September 6, 2015 at 3:13 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Longhorn - September 6, 2015 at 4:32 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by thehedglin - September 6, 2015 at 9:53 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 7, 2015 at 1:09 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by rexbeccarox - September 7, 2015 at 1:22 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 7, 2015 at 12:29 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 7, 2015 at 12:30 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Thumpalumpacus - September 7, 2015 at 12:53 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Handprint - September 7, 2015 at 8:58 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 7, 2015 at 2:09 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 7, 2015 at 9:07 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 7, 2015 at 9:13 pm
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 8, 2015 at 2:17 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 8, 2015 at 3:12 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Cephus - September 8, 2015 at 3:23 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Redbeard The Pink - September 8, 2015 at 3:28 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Theory - September 8, 2015 at 3:28 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 8, 2015 at 4:04 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by strawdawg - September 8, 2015 at 8:22 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by Losty - September 8, 2015 at 8:48 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by abaris - September 8, 2015 at 8:49 am
RE: Atheist and the Death penalty - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 8, 2015 at 11:00 am

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