Yes, the banning of the juvenile death penalty was...

Catwoman · 05-24-2005, 08:08 AM

Number of things:

wrongly accused
feed and condone public appetite for violence
go back 200 years
didn't deter then, wouldn't deter now

Before determining whether blows of justice should be dealt in public, in private or by noose or nails, one needs to examine it's purpose. So little is understood about human nature, is it really right to make a decision without knowing all the facts?

If your key point is that 'well if they knew they were going to get hanged, they wouldn't do it', you should know that the death penalty has been proven (as much as you can trust any statistics) not to act as a deterrent.

If they're gonna do it, they're gonna do it! How do you stop them doing it?

CzinZumerzet · 05-24-2005, 08:34 AM

Just ditto to catwoman in that neither corporal or capital punishment is a deterant, never was never will be. End of.

The case you site is extremely rare otherwise we wouldn't be discussing it, and there will be an understandable reason for it, and obviously understanding is not the same as justification. He didn't act the way he did out of boredom or wickedness and whipping him on a regular basis would not have stopped this from happening.

Cowhead, how does anyone know what kind of death is painless...? Who was it reported back?

What a relief the victim survived.

05-24-2005, 08:08 AM	#1
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	Number of things: wrongly accused feed and condone public appetite for violence go back 200 years didn't deter then, wouldn't deter now Before determining whether blows of justice should be dealt in public, in private or by noose or nails, one needs to examine it's purpose. So little is understood about human nature, is it really right to make a decision without knowing all the facts? If your key point is that 'well if they knew they were going to get hanged, they wouldn't do it', you should know that the death penalty has been proven (as much as you can trust any statistics) not to act as a deterrent. If they're gonna do it, they're gonna do it! How do you stop them doing it? __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

05-24-2005, 08:34 AM	#2
CzinZumerzet .....short for Caz Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The West Coast of England Posts: 358	Just ditto to catwoman in that neither corporal or capital punishment is a deterant, never was never will be. End of. The case you site is extremely rare otherwise we wouldn't be discussing it, and there will be an understandable reason for it, and obviously understanding is not the same as justification. He didn't act the way he did out of boredom or wickedness and whipping him on a regular basis would not have stopped this from happening. Cowhead, how does anyone know what kind of death is painless...? Who was it reported back? What a relief the victim survived. __________________ ..down by the zea zippin' zider

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