18966, RE: Thurgood Marshall Posted by guest, Wed Jan-17-01 11:34 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.
What do you mean "beyond redemption"? I do beleive some people are capable of being saved, of being shown 'the light'.
>>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.
but rapist shouldn't be raped, and theives shouldn't be stolen from...do two wrongs make a right?
> >>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.
Exile is better than murder.
>> 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.
so where has the punishment came into play? and What if the criminal wants to die...is it still punishment.
> >>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?
there's nothing to argue. I think we all know the state of our prison system.
>>>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. Sure we make the rules. A select few make the rules and often in undermining ways. And killing someone is done at the expense of the society? I don't think so. Maybe some believe it is for the benefit of society.
I'm no bible quoting maniac but what about "thou shall not kill". Do we not have a responsibility to "natural" law as well.
Peace... MahoganyB
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