AXOalum, two things. The first is an apology. I did talk in a bad tone towards you. Please understand I didn't mean that. You were more than entitled to your view, and I think because I had a stressful week with finishing off my classes, I did act abnormally. So once again, please accept my apology. The second thing I wanted to say is that I think you misinterpreted a lot of what I said. I wouldn't doubt your compassion and care shown through volunteering. I wouldn't doubt your intelligence. I sounded like an ass the way that I talked to you...I know. I apologized for that though so can we put this all aside and in the past? Oh...and honestly, please don't look for general statements in my posts. I apologized so no animosity, if you'd like to forgive me. And if you are really interested in talking about this whole issue, I'd be more than happy to do so through email. But once again, I apologize.
SuperXO, I'll respond to what you had to say item by item.
1) PrisonBlues is a private company that hires prisoners to work for them and make denimwear. The labor is very cheap. How does the government benefit? Most of PrisonBlues sales are to the government. Hence both the government and private enterprises benefit. Does this make sense? I don't want you to think I was just switching info around to attack someone.
2) I witnessed 2 wars by the time I was 7 in two separate countries. I did make some assumptions when talking about witnessing the loss of life, but only because most people are furtonate enough not to have.
3) I gave my interpretation of someone with those feelings but not only did I give 2 but I said the second was more probable. I don't think that feelings of anger are abnormal. And I gae my interpretation, not my judgement. Playing God refers to determining whether someone lives or dies not just judging, and definitely not interpreting.
4) My intention in regards to the 3 meals a day statement: Everyone is entitled to this. I know some people aren't fortunate enough to find one meal a day, but it doesn't mean they shouldn't be entitled to basic human rights. If you are really intent on finding statistics, I will dig them up for you and email them to you. Just realize that I don't make connections between an increase in capital punishment and a decrease in crime. I have absolutely no idea about such a topic and wouldn't dare to venture a guess even. I will find statistics on how many people are executed every year, the demographics of those executed, possibly stats on early release for those who commit first degree murder, etc.
But I'd just like to apologize once more, and to say I won't discuss this further on this forum. Cool?
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