For or Against Capital Punishment?

[Dirk]

it could get out of hand and to too far.

So could state-sanctioned murder?

 

[David]

So could state-sanctioned murder?

To be fair, that post, when taken if context, seems to be making that same point.

 

[D'il y a bien longtemps]

So could state-sanctioned murder?

As I stated I am against the death penalty so I shouldn't need to explain again. Of course state sanctioned killing can go to the extreme.

 

[chuck schmidt]

Brainwashing them or rearranging their brains so as to make them passive works?

I understand an ice-pick is a fast and efficient way to do so. You'd just have to supervise carefully to make sure the inmate doing the re-arranging sterilized the ice-pick first.

 

[David]

I understand an ice-pick is a fast and efficient way to do so. You'd just have to supervise carefully to make sure the inmate doing the re-arranging sterilized the ice-pick first.

That's not what i meant but it sound like fun!

 

[deanhills]

Thankfully criminal slavery is legal in America, ironically by the same amendment that outlawed racial slavery.

I'm not so sure that those criminals who are on the extreme end of serial killers would be allowed to "work". Or would they?

 

[DodgeFB]

I'm not so sure that those criminals who are on the extreme end of serial killers would be allowed to "work". Or would they?

I meet one coming out of the water company last month. He had on a yellow vest with the name of the jail on the back in large letters. Probably not dangerous, just likes working in the cold I guess.

 

[GOP]

You're prepared to put monetary value on human life (including the possibly innocent)? That's twisted.

Absolutely not. What you quoted was simply an answer to correct something that's wrong. I've never stated that I believe monetary value should in any way be prioritized before human life.

 

[deanhills]

We waste much more money on keeping jails for criminals then we do for giving them the capital punishment.

Probably the price to pay for justice for all? I'm almost certain capital punishment also comes with a price tag. Inmates usually get to be accommodated in death row for years, and once the process has started, the process must cost some money as well. If money is an issue, the State could probably wangle a way in which it gets compensated for the "free accommodation", either in cash, or in kind, by getting the inmates to provide services.

Must say however it sounds a bit callous to say that capital punishment would be good because it would save money.

 

[GOP]

Must say however it sounds a bit callous to say that capital punishment would be good because it would save money.

And that's not what I said. I just said it's probably cheaper for a government to have a capital punishment then to keep someone in jail for the rest of their life.

 

[deanhills]

And that's not what I said. I just said it's probably cheaper for a government to have a capital punishment then to keep someone in jail for the rest of their life.

Probably true. But probably not something a politician would mention in public however ...

 

[GOP]

A "political correct" politician would never dare to mention it, but that has got more to do with cowardness than anything else.

 

[Dirk]

To be fair, that post, when taken if context, seems to be making that same point.

As I stated I am against the death penalty so I shouldn't need to explain again. Of course state sanctioned killing can go to the extreme.

I should clarify, it was a statement in support. My apologies for the perceived slight.

 

[deanhills]

A "political correct" politician would never dare to mention it, but that has got more to do with cowardness than anything else.

I can't agree. It would have the appearance of someone who is completely callous. I can just visualize the comment in newspapers if Brown should come up with a statement like that.

 

[Dirk]

A "political correct" politician would never dare to mention it, but that has got more to do with cowardness than anything else.

I wouldn't say it is political correctness or cowardice that would be the motivation in not mentioning it, but sanity.

 

[GOP]

I wouldn't say it is political correctness or cowardice that would be the motivation in not mentioning it, but sanity.

How can you say it's sanity? Sanity is to mention the reality of things. Someone who's sane knows what's real and sticks to it.

 

[chuck schmidt]

How can you say it's sanity? Sanity is to mention the reality of things. Someone who's sane knows what's real and sticks to it.

A person who wants to get re-elected doesn't always call a spade a "f-in" shovel in public.

 

[GOP]

A person who wants to get re-elected doesn't always call a spade a "f-in" shovel in public.

No, the person calls the spade for a spade.

 

[Nemo]

A politician must be flexible in his beliefs. In politics there is a distinction between what is right and what is politically correct, for what the many say is so, will be so, whether it is so or not; and a politician must so adapt.

 

[GOP]

A politician must be flexible in his beliefs. In politics there is a distinction between what is right and what is politically correct, for what the many say is so, will be so, whether it is so or not; and a politician must so adapt.

But if a politician is challenged, he or she should be honest instead of trying desperately to explain themselves without creating uproar.