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18965, RE: Thurgood Marshall
Posted by k_orr, Wed Jan-17-01 08:09 AM

>So you do not think taking
>a life however morally corrupt
>deserves to be spared?

I'm not sure if I get it. But there are some people who deserve to die for their crimes. Perhaps you believe that no one is beyond redemption.

>but do
>you argue that the an
>"eye for an eye" rule
>is better.

In a literal application it wouldn't work. But in some cases, murderers should be executed.

>I guess rehabilitation is too much
>like right to go after.

There are plenty of folks beyond rehabilitiation. Exile might be the only other bet.

> And if we really
>think about it...What punishment is
>there in death? Through
>death you become free...at least
>from these worldly oppressions.

Sorry, I don't subscribe to touchy feely sentiments. In practical terms you have permanently removed someone who committed a serious crime.

>Unfortunately your right...but that's because our
>jail systems boast of rehabilitation
>but in fact is more
>about capitalism.

And now you're going to argue about the prison industry complex?


>>What else is left?
>>Punishment.
>
>But to what degree and at
>whose expense?

Let the punishment fit the crime, and it's at our expense as society. We make the rules.

k. orr