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Originally Posted by InfiniteNow
Your logic is not internally consistent. Nothing can be taught to someone who is dead. The lesson to which you ascribe such great importance, the lesson on which you base your support of capital punishment, can never be transferred to the person whom you wish to receive it... not when "delivered" in this manner.
People who are dead don't learn lessons. That's a fact.
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A lot of proponents claim that it serves as a deterrent for future, would-be killers. In other words, if you want to kill somebody and you live in Texas, drive to another state first.
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Capital punishment is nothing more than state sponsored vengeance to quench the blood lust of the populace.
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Perhaps there is some truth in this. If a man raped and killed my fiancee, I would be inclined to kill the perp myself. (not really folks...I would never kill anyone unless absolutely necessary and only in self-defense)
The anger that is felt by people who experience these things against people they love is very real, I would imagine. Fortunately, I've never been in such a position, but I can imagine the rage I would feel. Often times, I've read about families feeling great relief after the perp is dead. I can only imagine that they feel this relief because they know that no other family will have to endure the same pain as they have, by the hands of this perp.
Is it "vengeance to quench the blood lust of the populace"? I suppose it is in a way, but you make it sound like
"The Running Man".
I should state my official position for the record. I have not voted in this thread's poll. This is one of those issues where I'm split. I'm a centrist on most issues actually. I don't like absolute positions for the most part, but if I *had* to choose one or the other, I would say "no".
