but then surely, if someone gets killed, then the murderer gets killed by the executioner (sp?), that makes the executioner a murderer, so then he has to be killed etc etc and it keeps going in a circleQuote:
Originally Posted by buddymyfriend
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but then surely, if someone gets killed, then the murderer gets killed by the executioner (sp?), that makes the executioner a murderer, so then he has to be killed etc etc and it keeps going in a circleQuote:
Originally Posted by buddymyfriend
No, If someone commits murder they should fall to the same fate. That being said in my opinion that doesnt make the excutioner a murderer. Put it this way if someone killed one of your loved ones, your telling me you wouldnt want them to meet the same fate? I know for sure I would, so be it if I have blood on my hands. An eye for an eye.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnnyAKABob
Just my :twocents:
Buddy
the simple definition of murder is "kill intentionally and with premeditation", which technically makes the executioner a murderer. personally i wouldnt want someone who murdered a loved one killed, i would want them maimed and scarred for life so they had to live with everone knowing what they didQuote:
Originally Posted by buddymyfriend
And what would that teach them and would that stop them from commiting the same act again? I think not! Murderers, rapists, paedophiles etc should all face the death penalty! They dont deserve to breath the air given to them and certainly dont deserve the life they've been given.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnnyAKABob
Peace
Buddy
We don't have laws to exact revenge for misdeeds. We have laws to protect the law-abiding. An eye for an eye just leads to a world full of blind people.
That said, I'm not really against the death penalty for the most heinous of offenses, in principle. I'm against the death penalty because it costs the taxpayers more to kill someone than to just lock them away forever. I don't think we should execute anyone at all though unless the evidence against them is absolutely ironclad, backed up by video and DNA preferably, because once you kill someone you can't take it back if it was an error, and 'oops, sorry, it was just an innocent mistake' doesnt cut it as an excuse.
it's clear that no-one you care for has ever been murdered by another human being, otherwise i'm sure you'd agree with the death penalty, i only wish they still had it in the UK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garden Knowm
The most obvious advantage to the death penalty is that the person receiving it will never have the opportunity to kill again. It also saves the taxpayers money unless, of course, there are legal expenses associated with finalizing the sentence and appeal(s). Letting theM "rot" isn't so realistic, since many people in jail actually have a nice life compared with their victim(s) and their families.
there is the death penalty in the UK still technically, but only for treason. in theory you could be hung for putting a postage stamp on upside down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wesley Pipes
lol thats nice to know :).... but of no help whatsoever :pQuote:
Originally Posted by johnnyAKABob
death is not a punishment.