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Originally posted by glatt
Are these your own actual personal beliefs?
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Nope.
And the "fry him" was an expression, meaning, is there ANY situation in which the anti-death penalty group would think that the death penalty was warranted?
"LS: having watched from the sidelines on a number of debates you have participated in, I'm going to make the observation that you have a tendency to mingle facts and opinions and extrapolate sweeping generalizations from single or a small handful of anecdotes."
I've done many papers on the death penalty schoolwise, so I've looked up both pro- and con- opinions. Yes, my opinion itself is that I favor the death penalty. Knowing the arguments against it, I tend to look for information that can contradict those arguments. As far as the anecdotes go, I was just giving examples that I know of personally.
And, no offense taken. I do tend to get opinionated when it comes to something I believe in.
The truth is, the death penalty is used so little that information concerning its deterrent effect is not able to be ascertained. The pros will say that there's a 0% recidivism rate, and the cons will say "innocent people...." All we know for sure is that it costs a hell of a lot of money to keep a death row inmate in prison for the entire time that his appeals are running. I resent the fact that law-abiding and innocent people have to lock their doors and bar their windows and can't walk the streets after dark. I resent the fact that children are being abused to death, raped, and/or murdered, and the person who did it gets cable, medical, dental, clothing, food, and a roof over his head for the rest of his life.
The victim, most people forget, IS innocent. No maybe about it. The victim's family and friends are innocent. What about them? If a criminal is found guilty, and I think DNA should be mandatory, then eliminate him. Society is more important than one who preys on society.
I sincerely believe that there are those who are such a danger to society that they deserve to be eliminated. I resent having to pay their bills. What's the point of warehousing them if we're not going to use them? Give them a choice: Death or the Lab. Either way they pay society back, rather than just getting a free ride.
Sidhe