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Re: Excellent news!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:37:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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Indeed, is it not even offensive that heinous murderers are allowed to
retain that which is most precious when they didn’t afford the same to
their victims? Keeping them alive doesn’t uphold the value of life;
ending theirs does-- the precious lives of their victims.
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Assure me that everyone ever executed was guilty and I’ll agree to the
death penalty.
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Why? How? Specious besides. Let’s stick to an example of a serial killer
who confesses. Should we execute him?
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If you can prove that all confessions are 100% truthful. What if he’s lying
to protect his sister? Sure he probably deserves a penalty for lying about
it, but the needle?
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That well may be, but my point was and is to try and address the moral issue of
execution directly. Your post reminds me of that classic scene in “Mr. Mom”
where Jack is using the “Rocky” analogy. “Which Rocky?” :-)
JOHN
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Hey, that's an important distinction to make, and I don't think that I was making it in our part of the thread. But let's make sure we're clear-- You're debating about the morality of execution itself (presumably in cases in which guilt is (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) If you can prove that all confessions are 100% truthful. What if he's lying to protect his sister? Sure he probably deserves a penalty for lying about it, but the needle? ROSCO (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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