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Re: Capital Ideas
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 26 Jun 2002 04:13:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
Can anyone verify this
> info? I'd hate to think the goofy propagandist might be correct, but I
> don't have solid data to oppose him.
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> Thanks for any insights you care to provide!
Can't help you there, but here's an interesting argument regarding capital
punishment-
Most murders occur in conjection with other crimes (theft, rape, etc). If a
criminal *knows* that the death penalty for murder is not an option, the
incentive to erase eye witnesses to his crime (ie victim) is much higher. It
even *helps* him get away with his crime. The *absence* of a death penalty may
help to *increase* the murder rate (an inverse of the death penalty as a
deterrent)
-John
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| (...) I'd want to see some stats on that. I think you can construct an argument the other way too, that once you've crossed the line and are now a good candidate for that penalty, nothing is going to stop you from committing further crimes. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Here in sunny Western PA we have a disturbing abundance of far-right demagogues on the radio, all of whom place the blame for all the ills of society--from the possibility of a dirty bomb to the heartbreak of psoriasis-- squarely upon Liberals. I (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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