 | | 08-03-2008, 07:56 AM |
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But I've always wondered about the purpose of putting someone to death. That it is the maximum penalty for certain crimes in certain States notwithstanding... what does it accomplish?
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As a supporter of the death penalty, and living in/around states that use the death penalty I can say that it accomplishes a lot. I'm certainly not trivializing choosing to put someone to death, but in all honesty the worst case scenarios are people who cannot be rehabiliated, who have broken the most horrible laws, etc. And if we just sentenced them to life in prison, they still have LIFE ... they still life with full stomachs every day and excersize and sun and can communicate with other people and the outside world ... and they take up taxpayer monies and space in jail and have LIFE ... therefore I think it's okay to use the death penalty because it accomplishes the main purpose: justice for those families who were wronged. __________________ You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering, that's the sad truth.
Maybe they'll break your heart, maybe you'll break their heart and never be able to look at yourself in the same way. Those are the risks. That's the burden.
You see two people and you think, they belong together, but nothing happens. The thought of loosing so much control over personal happiness is unbearable.
That's the burden. Like wings, they have weight, we feel that weight on our backs, but they are a burden that lifts us. Burdens that allow us to fly. |
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