RE: Capital Punishment
June 19, 2020 at 12:33 pm
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2020 at 12:38 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
We imprison them, and extract whatever intel we can. The same thing we would want for our own combatants. It's not hard to figure this out.
It's telling in examples like these that we're angling for somebody to kill, some person or group hated enough. That shows that we think executing people is a bad idea. We look for a worse person to make a bad idea better.
Thing is, we're never going to find somebody who's hated enough that isn't a somebody. Their choice of profession isn't the issue. Want them dead. Fine. Deeply feel that they should be executed. Fine. Understand the undercurrent of our own remarks - it's a bad idea. I've got a list too. Doesn't mean that I can't also know better. How about you drich? Do you think this might be fair and accurate with respect to your own position?
It's telling in examples like these that we're angling for somebody to kill, some person or group hated enough. That shows that we think executing people is a bad idea. We look for a worse person to make a bad idea better.
Thing is, we're never going to find somebody who's hated enough that isn't a somebody. Their choice of profession isn't the issue. Want them dead. Fine. Deeply feel that they should be executed. Fine. Understand the undercurrent of our own remarks - it's a bad idea. I've got a list too. Doesn't mean that I can't also know better. How about you drich? Do you think this might be fair and accurate with respect to your own position?
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