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RE: Death Penalty Vote
October 11, 2016 at 4:56 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2016 at 4:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Yup yup, some people, when faced with a murderer, are willing to become murderers themselves. Not even gonna criticize them for it. I will say that their willingness to become a murderer in response to a murder should not force or compel -all- of us to become murderers in the same situation. There's really no way to get around that, particularly since a hell of alot of taxpayer money is spent murdering murderous inmates.
As to previous comments, by others, do we not consider hacking someone up with a machete -or- injecting them with poison to be equally murderous, or are those seperate crimes when John Q does it, rather than the state?
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RE: Death Penalty Vote
October 11, 2016 at 4:58 pm
(October 11, 2016 at 4:56 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Yup yup, some people, when faced with a murderer, are willing to bcome murderers themselves.
Don't get me wrong. If I catch someone red handed hurting one of my family or friends, there's no guarantee what I would do. I'm not so sure if someone handed me a machete, gun or simply access to the death button months or years later.
One is a heat of the moment reaction, the other one a deliberate act.
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RE: Death Penalty Vote
October 11, 2016 at 5:00 pm
I know how you feel.
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RE: Death Penalty Vote
October 11, 2016 at 6:23 pm
Yeah, I'd be for it if it saved money AND I had confidence in its being applied fairly and unerringly. But I don't so I'd vote no.
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October 12, 2016 at 1:03 am
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