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Jun. 26th, 2008 07:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
benchiladaRemember, kids, that your government knows who best who can and cannot kill and who is allowed to die.
I'm anti-death penalty, period, but this sort of thing really pisses me off.
I'm uncomfortable with people in power arguing about where the execution line is, especially when it becomes a clear constitutional issue that's being beaten up by politicians who want to seem "hard" on a particular crime.
Isn't one of the primary arguments for capital punishment the improperly-invoked "eye for an eye" principle? Shouldn't we be keeping execution for murder? Are you willing to say that you believe child rape is worse that murder, or the same, or less horrible?
Keep them in jail forever, trapped, and with no chance of leaving ever ever.
Don't do this political one-upmanship regarding which crime the government can kill you for.
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I'm anti-death penalty, period, but this sort of thing really pisses me off.
I'm uncomfortable with people in power arguing about where the execution line is, especially when it becomes a clear constitutional issue that's being beaten up by politicians who want to seem "hard" on a particular crime.
Isn't one of the primary arguments for capital punishment the improperly-invoked "eye for an eye" principle? Shouldn't we be keeping execution for murder? Are you willing to say that you believe child rape is worse that murder, or the same, or less horrible?
Keep them in jail forever, trapped, and with no chance of leaving ever ever.
Don't do this political one-upmanship regarding which crime the government can kill you for.
b
