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Are executions making the US look bad?

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Are executions making the US look bad?
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RE: Are executions making the US look bad?
May 18, 2022 at 10:10 am
They have to shuffle people around on a slaughterhouse floor, too.  Imma go out on a limb and say that support for execution is far higher than appetite for carrying it out.  

If we drew executioners like we draw a jury pool, it'd be outlawed immediately.
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RE: Are executions making the US look bad?
May 18, 2022 at 10:11 am
(May 18, 2022 at 9:58 am)HappySkeptic Wrote:
(May 18, 2022 at 6:31 am)abaris Wrote: Christian or not. I think that the eye for and eye approach is deeply ingrained in many of the promoters of capital punishment.

But also, the general American judicial system is much more punitive in nature than the European counterparts. To name only one of the most absurd examples, taking a leak in the streets can land you on the sex offenders list in certain states or counties.

I went to a bible study where a fundamentalist couple tried to teach us that not only was the death penalty okay with God, it was actually demanded by God.

Their argument was the Old Testament commands for death.  If God was good, and God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, then those commands to kill wrongdoers are good, and still stand today.

I wonder if they have stoned their children for being disobedient yet.

Or " suffer not a witch to live"..

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RE: Are executions making the US look bad?
May 18, 2022 at 10:47 am
(May 18, 2022 at 9:58 am)HappySkeptic Wrote: I went to a bible study where a fundamentalist couple tried to teach us that not only was the death penalty okay with God, it was actually demanded by God.

In the early days of christianity, there was very strong pacifist element and the opposition of capital punishment amongst it's followers. It's only when they started to suck up to the Roman empire and gained in power, that they threw these believes overboard.

Christianity is the church of Paul rather than the one of Jesus. And I guess, that's what they're following. Paul argued for everyone to know their place, especially women and slaves. Not much of a difference, back then.
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RE: Are executions making the US look bad?
May 18, 2022 at 12:01 pm (This post was last modified: May 18, 2022 at 12:04 pm by Nay_Sayer.)
(May 17, 2022 at 6:27 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(May 17, 2022 at 6:13 am)Jehanne Wrote: I am tempted to copy and paste your post into Google translate.  Can you clarify?

He thinks convicted criminals should be fucked to death.

Boru

(May 17, 2022 at 8:19 am)Jehanne Wrote:
(May 17, 2022 at 6:27 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: He thinks convicted criminals should be fucked to death.

Boru

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I apologize for any derailing that may have caused.
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