RE: Active shooter in NZ
March 17, 2019 at 1:49 am
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2019 at 1:49 am by Amarok.)
Quote:Certainly a lot cheaper to kill murderers and child rapers rather than keep them locked up for 50 years. Pretty sure the purely pragmatic, economical argument cannot be refuted.Actually it isn't cheaper not just for 50 years but for the rest of their lives .
(March 16, 2019 at 10:57 pm)EgoDeath Wrote:(March 16, 2019 at 10:48 pm)fredd bear Wrote: I guess that depends on whether you are a victim or a perpetrator.
Certainly a lot cheaper to kill murderers and child rapers rather than keep them locked up for 50 years. Pretty sure the purely pragmatic, economical argument cannot be refuted.
Fortunately, I live in a society which does not always follow the purely pragmatic. If I wanted to liven a country more like that, I'd move to the US.
I'm not necessarily concerned with the economic pragmatism of the death penalty, I simply think some criminals deserve death.
And the reason is ?
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