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Originally posted by chioangel83
We say it's wrong to kill people. Yet our government turns around and does just that. That makes us hypocrites.
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Um, it's also wrong to lock someone up in a cell in your house, but the government does that right?
Also, everyone's talking about the increase in abductions. There is an article on abcnews.com, which of course I can't find now... anyway, it said that there actually isn't an increase in this crime, simply an increase in publicity for them.
Finally, I'm not really sure how I feel about the death penalty. Part of me is for it, like many, especially for premeditated cold-blooded killings. For those that feel "an eye for an eye" is appropriate, then why should rapists be put to death? I think this line from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is fairly fitting
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Many that live deserve death; and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them Frodo? Do not be too quick to deal out death in judgment.
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That is why I don't know that I necessarily agree with the death penalty. If I can't give life, why should I be able to dole out death?
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