Certainly the ability to kill should not be entrusted to governments. I agree with you there. Power corrupts, and when people in power are given the means to kill they abuse it.

But the way I see it, a community killing a killer is a collective act of self-defense. If I had to kill somebody to keep them from killing me, I would do it.

Obviously something has to be done about the murderers. No matter what you decide to do to them, be it killing them or confining them in a small and unpleasant place, it would be a "crime" to commit that act upon an innocent person. But murderers are different and need to be held up to different standards.
ermitonto Reviewed by ermitonto on . What's your view on capitol punishment? Last night I was just watching some movie with Shawn Pen (just caught the end) where he's on death row. at the end he was tied up to this table, he was lifted up on it in front of a bunch of people where he could say some last words, then he was injected by some machine with a crap load of different chemicals. During the movie, his whole execution seemed really horrific and inhumane, but when they flashed back to his murder, it seemed equally horrific and inhumane. I started thinking about Rating: 5