Death sentence

[quote=ShiftyCake]The problem with capital punishment is that in the eyes of society it falls under the concept of neutral violence. To put it into relation, ordered violence would be war, or really the combat of army's since that's never necessarily a war. Chaotic violence would be a terrorist blowing up a car. Neutral violence is the leeway, the middle ground where some disagree and others agree but it is never one-sided enough to become accepted or rejected within society. To steal a quote, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". An interpretation of this is violence only begets more violence, murdering a murderer doesn't cut the problem from its roots. We will always have people who seek the suffering of others as sustenance, however that does not mean they will always be that way. Turning ourselves into them will not solve the problem, it will further it. There are so many reasons why a person murders, none justified but most workable. Turning a murderer into a citizen is possible, because turning a citizen into a murder is as well. That's the concept of balance which is stinging away from the topic but anyways, what am I trying to say here. I am in disagreeance with capital punishment, because rather then allowing society the act of violence in order to beget violence, we could be seeding the concept of a peaceful solution. Humans are frail creatures, in both body and mind. However, I do not consider the idea of release for such a harsh crime. Instead, if we find a way to get through to one, to change them; why don't we give them something meaningful to do. Something that will start them on the path of making up for what they have done. Well, start to make up, murder can never be undone. Think, all we consider when we hear of such people is "oh, he's just evil and should be locked up/killed". We waste resources on these guys and get nothing in return. Yet we consider our justice system sufficient. I'm stating to diverge from the original point, I'm just assigning random thoughts to this now so I'll let it end here.[/quote]

[quote=IShouldGetALife]It's all about morality, I do like the quote though, if I'm not mistaken that is from the description of Gandhi's life by Louis Fischer and originally was the quote "An eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth would lead to a world of the blind and toothless" from the Book of Exodus [21:24] I like how you've used it.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=ShiftyCake] rather then allowing[/quote] Oh, are you fucking kidding me? >.>[/quote]

[quote=IShouldGetALife]Fuck off Searz I don't want this thread to turn into a shitstorm, yet again you are disallowing someone their opinion and it is really grating on my nerves.[/quote]

[quote=Thalia Kael][quote=DillButt64] capital punishment also costs more money than life in prison (at least it did when i did my project and research on it like 4 years ago) so yes it saves space in prison but it also costs more money to do it [/quote] I did this project too and it still holds Also, one of the reasons I'm against death sentence is because of false convictions. When false convicts get life in prison, you can just take them out if it's found out in time. He still loses an immense amount of time but at least he can still live.[/quote]

[quote=Thalia Kael][quote=Werepirelord] If we get on towards the future, we might be able to repeat what the British did with Australia and send them to a far-off well supervised space-colony. [/quote] OMG Starcraft will be real[/quote]

[quote=-NA- Veng Lmfao]I like Dark Knight rises scenario. Chuck them in a hole. I never get a "life sentence"... The avg. life doesn't go for 35 years, it goes for 90 +/- Let them die in prison. However, death penalty for rapists. No way you can justify rape...[/quote]

[quote=Jovy][quote=IShouldGetALife] I think that if someone wants to take someone else's life and they get caught that they shouldn't be allowed to live. [/quote] yeah but if they don't get caught it's ok! :>[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=IShouldGetALife] Fuck off Searz I don't want this thread to turn into a shitstorm, yet again you are disallowing someone their opinion and it is really grating on my nerves.[/quote] Lol, what? Here you go making assumptions again.. I think you have a serious problem. It has nothing to do with the validity of his comment. I actually agree on many of his points. It's just that he made a grammar mistake akin to that of a 10 year-old kid.[/quote]

[quote=Bioalchemist][quote=-NA- Veng Lmfao] I like Dark Knight rises scenario. Chuck them in a hole. I never get a "life sentence"... The avg. life doesn't go for 35 years, it goes for 90 +/- Let them die in prison. However, death penalty for rapists. No way you can justify rape... [/quote] yeah rape is crazy...i was thinking that rapists should be raped for their punishment and than i remembered the sublime song "date rape" and I laughed lol[/quote]