FEAR UNCERTAINTY DOUBT

Innocent people die every day. No one cares because no one sees.

9/11 caused governments to make up irrational Orwellian laws cutting civil rights, many of which didn’t even help and won’t help fighting terrorism and crime at all. Same with capital punishment.

FEAR UNCERTAINTY DOUBT.

Welcome to the real world, Neo.

I used to oppose capital punishment; I believed governments shouldn’t have the right to execute their citizens. Then 9/11. I couldn’t believe that justice, and order would deny execution to the leaders of Al Queida. Call me reactionary, I believe capital punishment is deterrence; it prevents recidivism, closure and its vengeance too.

Of course, Stanley “Tookie” Williams was no terrorist, he was a gang leader. He was convicted of murdering four people, not flying four planes into ground targets. He expressed innocence of the murders but claims remorse in general; Stanley “Tookie” Williams did not accept responsibility for his actions. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was right to deny clemency. He was elected to uphold law, not to play the nice guy. He is the kind of leader that makes democracy work.

Thanks for your great story.

Yes, you haven’t voiced your opinion directly but it was clear, and this is one thing that struck me, since it’s a crucial topic at which you shouldn’t be too generous with jokes.

I absolutely agree with you here, it’s sick murderers get more attention than the victims. But that’s one consequence of the death penalty you’ll have to face. Murderers wouldn’t get that kind of (supportive) attention, if they weren’t to be killed as well, officially and lawfully.

But that’s not a new phenomenon. The old Romans had popular sentenced murderers as well, among the gladiators.

Also, in my post I haven’t voiced my opinon about Capitol Punishment with one single word. Sure, it suggests a pro-death-penalty stance but if that’s all you got out of it then I must have failed. It was more important to me to point out how much attention a serial killer gets for being put to death while hardly anybody knows the names of the victims. And many people actually believe they are cheering for a good cause.

I find that odd and I compare it with all those times peace activists went out on the streets with banners saying “No blood for oil!” but none of them read “Stop playing games, Saddam!”

Some people have it all backwards.

And yes. I can absolutely understand relatives of victims who want to see the murderer dead. I would want the killer of someone I loved to be dead as well, and I’d be so angry that I’d take any chance to kill him with my own hands, slowly, painfully. But I’d regret it. There’s not one rational reason for this. You understand? Not one reason apart from the vengeance. Even if you think it saves the state money to get rid of nasty murderers, that’s not true: Capital punishment is more expensive than a life time sentence. And if you think vengeance is a better good than life, you may be free to support death penalty, taking lives for lives and be on the same ethical level as any murderers out there. And between 100 executed murderers there will always be one who is not guilty but a victim of the circumstances. It could be you, or even worse the one you love most. You’ll have to accept it. It won’t make you happy, I can promise you.

RESPECT!? i always thought respect was earned not expected… I don’t really have respect for anyone that kills innocent people. Minimal respect? hmmm thats interesting. Shoot my family and expect “minimal respect”? granted, i would give a stranger some level of respect, but someone that kills innocent people? hmmm…

“Whenever you sentence someone to death, you make his or her INNOCENT relatives suffer more than the one who is being executed. Ever thought about that”

RELATIVES??? suffering more than than the one being executed? hmmmm. what about the relatives of the VICTIMS? i guess they are not entitled to “Minimal respect”? They are not suffering?

EVER THINK ABOUT THAT?

I don’t think that the realtives of the MURDERER are being disrespected, but if they are suffering, it’s NOT becuase of the death penalty… it’s because of the crime the MURDERER has DONE!!

EVER THINK ABOUT THAT?

EVER THINK ABOUT THAT?

While the latter should always be taken into account when dealing with murderers, the former is simply false and irrational. Whenever you define justice through vengeance you implicitly agree: It’s ok to kill someone as long as the killer gives his own live.

But hey, they used to dispose “Eye For An Eye” kind of vengeance on criminals in the mediaevel times and are still doing so in some backward Arabic countries and… the USA! Hoooray

Whenever you sentence someone to death, you make his or her INNOCENT relatives suffer more than the one who is being executed. Ever thought about that?

Please switch on your brain and stop defacing America’s image in the world. No wonder even small children here in Germany consider Americans stupid jerks, which is sad. Because I know not everyone there is like you.

Cheers

People like YOU aren’t ANY better than him. You kill people.