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Llinn · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 9:33 am Post subject: to kill or not to kill

I think you have to boil it down to whether or not it is ever "right" to kill another person.
I don't believe it is.
Sometimes, however, I am willing to bear the karmic or social guilt of doing something not right in order to prevent or ameliorate a greater evil.

I'm not saying two wrongs can make a right, I am saying that I can and have done something wrong knowingly and with full awareness in order to prevent what I saw as a greater harm. I had an abortion, after having had measles while 6 weeeks pregnant. I would do it again.
Regardless of what they have done before, I cannot see how killing a convicted criminal will prevent future harm, unless there is no way to segregate them from other prisoners whom they might harm.
Thus the only reason to kill a convicted criminal is to take revenge for what harm he has already done.
I don't think, personally, that revenge is a good thing, nor do I think it is good for our society.
I do however think prison should be an exceptionally unpleasant experience. I think white collar crime should be punished as if it were a physical assault on another person and the number of counts should be taken by the number of people harmed (Milliken and Keating would have never gotten out of jail--nor would Lay and Abramoff)
I have to vote no for the death penalty.

Tracian · Site Admin Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 109

when I think of the DP I think of:

Polly Klass
Carlie Brucia

Both of which are just the start of a list of children murdered by creatures that have NO REGARD for life, and forgive me, I have no regard for those creatures that ended their lives, and on a spiritual plane, is willing to accept whatever consequences may result from that belief.
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Ross · new Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Arizona

bangoskank · star constellation Joined: 12 May 2006 Posts: 43

Death Penalty is the ultimate deterrence. No person who has been executed has ever committed another crime afterwards.
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Anja · new Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Germany

lol, how odd I find myself on this thread for my first post, well besides the introduction...
I am against the death penalty, why, because I think that the state should not have the right to take a life, not even that of a killer. I do believe that we as a society stoop down to the level of the murderer when we take the life of an offender.
Another strong reason for me is the murderers family... being in the anti death penalty movement, I have met mothers of inmates, and saw their suffering... especially after the execution date was set and moved closer... - I know one could say "but what about the family of the victim".. and I also do care about them, but I think that in the end it will not help them, their loved ones do not come back with an execution... unfortunately, if that was the case, I would be all pro. So their loved one does not come back, but for another family the suffering then starts once their loved one is executed. I am however a very strong supporter of LWOP...
Anja

I do not know if that is allowed, but if any of you would like to discuss that topic further and specific cases in general, I am the owner of a death penalty forum, open for both sides of the debate, and Tracian is my wonderful adminstrator there smiling

: http://deathpenalty3.proboards103.com/index.cgi
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DurhamDawg · Sliver STAR Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 225

I think this board is a victim of the death penalty!

ReasoningFilly · Bronze Star Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 178