tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post2711864362100571244..comments2023-10-23T14:30:26.234-07:00Comments on Random Musings: And the terrorists learn that violence worksCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03338682971485143332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post-77089605750949669912009-06-10T21:44:01.538-07:002009-06-10T21:44:01.538-07:00Actually, I agree with you that capital punishment...Actually, I agree with you that capital punishment should be avoided, mainly for 1. the second reason you mention, and 2. the fact that a large number of errors have been made in DP cases. <br /><br />However, if there was some way to make sure that it was only administered to the guilty, was administered in a fair and equitable way (i.e. no correlation to the race of the victim, the defendant's income, etc.) then I could be persuaded to support it <br /><br />Though there is still the uncomfortable argument that if you give governments the right to kill anybody, then it is only their own laws, which they can revise at any time, that prevent them from killing everybody. It was only eight years from the Nuremberg laws to Wannsee, and then a horrible return path to get from Wannsee back to Nuremberg.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post-19820396103160802332009-06-09T23:17:32.339-07:002009-06-09T23:17:32.339-07:00I hope you're wrong about the electric chair.
...I hope you're wrong about the electric chair.<br /><br />Ethical argument - Capital punishment is wrong. The urge for vengeance is understandable, but acting on that urge demeans us.<br /><br />Practical argument - The loons don't need any martyrs.<br /><br />Either way, I think the best punishment here is life without a chance for parole.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338682971485143332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post-60469126688916588122009-06-09T20:54:28.171-07:002009-06-09T20:54:28.171-07:00I had much the same thought as you did, and expoun...I had much the same thought as you did, and expounded on it.<br /><br />I don't know about that photo of Randall and Trent, but I know that Scott Roeder will be singing huzzahs all the way to the electric chair.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.com