Death Penalty

[sexobon]

That may only be because you didn't see the capital crime as it was being committed.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Watching an execution will change how you feel about the death penalty.

Originally Posted by sexobon

That may only be because you didn't see the capital crime as it was being committed.

sexobon, I doubt it. Like the truck in the moat, this scenario is ripe for interpretation. I think Big Sarge is saying that if you were previously in favor of the death penalty watching an execution will change those feelings to opposition to the death penalty, or something along that continuum. I read your reading of his remarks the same way, but you offer a counterpoint to his assertion.

Watching an execution is to see just a few short frames of a lifetime. Watching the capital crime would be seeing a few more. Neither can be enough to know on way or another WITH CERTAINTY. I can say with some certainty that we should not kill one another. I also have enough life experience to know that almost all rules have some well justified exceptions, this one included.

I feel the death penalty should be rare and solemn and regretted by all.