Brutus said:
No, because in acting out of justice, the killing of a criminal is NOT WRONG. I argee with you that two wrongs do not make a right. In this case there is one wrong, and one right. Also, I think that it is very trivial for the state to dwell on the thoughts of cost, and more on justice. Also, I said this before, but punishment ISN'T about inflicting the most amount of pain on the criminal (which is actually one of your arguements against eye for an eye), but about justice. Why should we even consider putting criminals in jail because it is a worse punishment? Torture is a worse punishment, should we torture all criminals too?
How is it 1 wrong, and 1 right? Who the hell gave us authority to play "God"? Who gave us the authority to take someones life coldy, in a premeditated, organized fashion? Why is it trivial for the state to dwell on the costs? Money makes the world go round.:2razz: Death sentence appeals clog our justice system. What are you saying that I am about inflicting punishment? Prison is
not all about punishment, it is about salvation and rehabilitation, and seperating criminals from society.
If you agree with my reasoning that self defense isn't murder I don't see how you can say that killing is fundamentally wrong. Those two ideas contradict eachother. Also, if you agree with me that intent is key to killing (which you did on one hand and didn't on the other), the rest of your questions would resolve themselves.
How do they condradict eachother? Killing
is wrong. Even self-defense killing is wrong if you harbor the
intent to kill. But if you kill in self-defense,and didn't mean to kill, only inflict the least possible damage, then I'd say its understandable. You seem to be attempting to show to everyone on this forum that you indeed found some "huge mistake" on my posts, which you didn't.:lol:
We are among the 11 countries that still employ the death penalty. It seems that we are in the company of such good humanitarian prospects such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Egypt, Singapore, Yemen, China and Vietnam.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=127&scid=30