Hope you rot in hell!!!!!

[Tripledoc]

I view the death penalty from an anthropological perspective. It is like the ancient Aztecs who believed that by sacrifizing people, the sun would rise every day.

In the same manner, today the death penalty serves no function but assuring people that tomorrow it will be another normal working day.

"Everything is fine. The system is good. Continue with business as usual."

The truth is that the death penalty does not deter crime.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Tripledoc
I view the death penalty from an anthropological perspective.

I view the death penalty from a human perspective. Whoever did this deserves to die.

[Theben]

I don't deny that he's a waste of cellular conglomerates, but the state should never be allowed to execute a citizen.

[Tripledoc]

Originally posted by Richelieu


I view the death penalty from a human perspective. Whoever did this deserves to die.

I think the point of anthropology is to view things from a human perspective. Yours is purely religious I suspect.

[Provost Harrison]

I am never too sure on execution...I am probably against due to potential miscarriages of justice and the abuse of this concept potentially possible under harsher governments for other crimes, perhaps treason or political dissent if extreme enough. There is never any going back from it. However the cost saved would be extraordinary and believe me I express absolutely no pity if a monster is executed. But if it later transpires they haven't committed the crime, there is no going back.

[Kuciwalker]

What's wrong with revenge? It seems to me that that's the basis of our justice system. In fact, screw the "lethal injection" crap, and make the death more painful the worse the crime.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Tripledoc


I think the point of anthropology is to view things from a human perspective. Yours is purely religious I suspect.

Nope. I'm an atheist.
What i am saying is that you use anthropology to detach yourself from your emotions. You use it as a filter, a way to interpret these events. I don't. I don't want to. I am outraged and it's perfectly natural that i would be and that anyone should be. That's what i consider to be the human perspective.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I express absolutely no pity if a monster is executed.

Neither do I, but these days it's hard to tell if the person is truly a 'monster' or a person in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[Tripledoc]

Originally posted by Richelieu
Nope. I'm an atheist.

My bad. Sorry.

What i am saying is that you use anthropology to detach yourself from your emotions. You use it as a filter, a way to interpret these events. I don't. I don't want to. I am outraged and it's perfectly natural that i would be and that anyone should be. That's what i consider to be the human perspective.

Yes but that is the subjective human perspective. That is what you exclusively believe. In case of justice I would be concerned if it was to be based on emotion. It should at least attempt to work towards some scientific or scholarly understanding.

Also I know neither the man accused of the crime, nor the victim, and hence I do not have the capability of true empathy. If I should feel empathy towards all people who are treated wrongly, then life would be unbearable. People feel an all-encompassing ideal empathy towards humanity as a whole, and a real one towards the people you know, or you momentarily pass in life.

I do not believe for one second that anyone feel any real empathy towards just exclusive victims they have heard of or read about. This is sentimentalism, which is something entirely different. Or it might be that television is now capable of transmitting its emotive fascism to the masses.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Starchild


Near mob anarchy. People took justice into their own hands and made a complete **** up of it. Innocent people were wrongly accused and attacked, property was damaged, and the actual paedophiles ended up breaking off their contact with the Government and went underground.

I thought that moost people are just reacting emotionally to this -- I doubt anyone would seriously support a mobocracy.

But now that you have given a real example . . . . .

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Theben
Neither do I, but these days it's hard to tell if the person is truly a 'monster' or a person in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I think catching him on camera lessens that possibility, don't you?

[Theben]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I think catching him on camera lessens that possibility, don't you?

In this instance, yes.

[St Leo]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb

Because they didn't get rid of the Death Penalty until they had killed all the genetically defective serial killers from their Gene Pool.

"Genetically" defective?

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Theben


Neither do I, but these days it's hard to tell if the person is truly a 'monster' or a person in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Oh absolutely, hence my 'no' to the death penalty. My statement was referring to a very black and white situation, which in reality, never exists...

[Tattila the Hun]

But them in some hole, infect them with some disease and let them (literally) rot. Might get the rest to think twice.

And whoever disagrees with this is a wussy!