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Anyone On The Fence About Capital Punishment?
I have traditionally been in favour of capital punishment though I sometimes waver. Those against it often do impress me with their reasoning and I get persuaded that maybe the state should never execute it's own citizens. Then a case like this comes along and I start to think that sometimes there are such depraved humans that it's a case of disposal of a pathogen rather than execution. No doubt AH will tell me that it's emotive and we should ignore the circumstances. Your Thoughts......
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.naomi - // My point is I don't advocate capital punishment 'regardless of crime'. //
But no-one else is coming on to agree with you. That somewhat more reasoned position does not fly with the majority of posters on here.
It appears that each of our specific viewpoints is unique - but you seem keen to question mine, wheras I accept yours.
I disagree with it, obviously, but I do accept it.
Naomi - // andy-hughes, I don't post to generate Brownie points from other people. My opinions are my own regardless of what others may think. //
I would never suggest otherwise, I have known you far too long to think that.
But my point remains valid.
For you - the notion of capital punishment is conditional on the circumstances of the crime. I merely point out that appear to be alone in this - the majority of your fellow supporters can't want to get trapdoors dropped, injections administered, guns fired, etc., regardless of any extenuating circumstances.
Which underlines my point - it is motivated by a primal need for revenge and moral satisfaction, neither of which belong in a civilised society.
naomi - // Oh right. He's just said //no one is advocating capital for all murders// so maybe reading my argument has changed his mind. //
That's very charitable of you - I rather think his need to aggressively argue with me clouds his memory of his earlier position, stated with equal certainty.
Which to believe ... either ... both ... neither ... it's a conundrum isn't it!!!!!
Dave - // you are accusing me of saying things I didn't - that's rude //
I'm not accusing you of anything.
Naomi has read your posts, and drawn the same meaning from them as I did.
If you are not capable of writing two posts on the same thread that directly contradict each other because you didn't word them sufficiently carefully, and then you get hostile when it's pointed out to you, that's your problem, not mine.
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