Not On My Watch

[LarsMac]

Criminals may be judged by their deeds, but a society will be judged by its treatment of those under its authority.

The history of capital punishment shows that it does little to secure the rights of victims. It seldom even satisfies the desire for vengeance.

It just creates more victims.

Killing is killing. Killing is wrong. Period, end of story.

That being said, I feel the need to point out that I disagree with the governor's motion, as he is attempting to by-pass the law.

[jones jones]

LarsMac;1377617 wrote: Criminals may be judged by their deeds, but a society will be judged by its treatment of those under its authority.

The history of capital punishment shows that it does little to secure the rights of victims. It seldom even satisfies the desire for vengeance.

It just creates more victims.

Killing is killing. Killing is wrong. Period, end of story.

That being said, I feel the need to point out that I disagree with the governor's motion, as he is attempting to by-pass the law.


Precisely my point. Was the victim not also under the authority of "society?"

[LarsMac]

jones jones;1377622 wrote: Precisely my point. Was the victim not also under the authority of "society?"


Yup, so perhaps society is responsible to the victim, but another killing doesn't fix it.

[Clodhopper]

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." (The Bible.)

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." (Mahatma Gandhi)

I'm with Gandhi.