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KSig RC , What in the heck are you arguing??? I'm sorry, but I'm a tad lost.
When you posted the link, you introduced it for discussion.
The death penalty is not "instituted" it is an option that a jury has. I am for having this option available, and yes, if I were a juror who was convinced, I would use it.
Crime is ALL about values.
Yes,criminals lose their rights. Being put in jail, they lose their "right" to freedoms of all sorts. The justice system offers them council (even though it could be inept council) to help protect those rights...to "help" see JUSTICE is served. Now, I know we can all get into a discussion of justice, but that too is philisophical.
The reference to looking to our homes and family life is nothing new when discussing topics of this nature. The thread did bring up the issue of Death Penalty as a deterent to future crime didn't it? Check out some Soc. and Psych courses as they reinforce the cause/effect that values and experiences one learns through their environment has in relationship to future crime. The time to deter crime is not after the fact. As a side note, I already took those courses and don't feel a need to post a link. The bit about Spock-Actually, it was a little FYI ( a universal FYI, not you individualy) that is interesting in the context of crime & deterents.
Of course there are different degrees of criminal behavior. This is a death penalty discussion, not parking violations. I don't think any two people on this thread hold the exact same "measuring stick" on the lower end, but for those who favor the death penalty
there are those case that hold no doubt.
Now I'll tell everyone what one of our neighbors think- He thinks those on death row should be used in medical experiments & trials...Now THAT'S a thought....
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