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And they're likewise the ones who escape, or are discharged. What's your point? Sidhe
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When someone's life is taken, society doesn't get it any more than the victim.
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Let me ask you about this: We had a situation in my area a few years ago where a woman was contemplating suicide. She was going to jump off a bridge. This was a pretty major bridge. They closed the bridge for several hours while they talked to the woman. Pretty much everyone agreed that she chose the bridge as a location for getting the most attention. She delayed something like 50,000 people by a couple of hours. If you add up all the time she "took" from these people it comes out to like 12 years. Should she be sent to jail for 12 years? |
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So you're saying that instead of making a murderer pay the price for his actions we get to pay the price for his further existance.
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I don't consider economics to be relevant when discussing whether to kill someone.
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"You make an interesting argument, but it all just boils down to "an eye for an eye." I don't beleive in that concept. Let me ask you about this: We had a situation in my area a few years ago where a woman was contemplating suicide. She was going to jump off a bridge. This was a pretty major bridge. They closed the bridge for several hours while they talked to the woman. Pretty much everyone agreed that she chose the bridge as a location for getting the most attention. She delayed something like 50,000 people by a couple of hours. If you add up all the time she "took" from these people it comes out to like 12 years. Should she be sent to jail for 12 years? " She didn't KILL anyone. That makes all the difference in the world. Wanting to kill YOURSELF, as opposed to wanting to kill someone else (or a lot of someone elses) is not a crime against society, IMO. She wasn't preying on anyone else. You're trying to compare two entirely different types of people. If it was such a big problem for everyone, hell, they should've let her jump. Then traffic could've gone on it's way, and no time would've been wasted. Sidhe
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He is PROUD of what he did. He isn't sorry he killed Steven. And for every (--I can't call him a person, or even animal, because they rarely kill their own--) shitbag that is like him, killing simply is not enough punishment. No confinement too long, no pain too great for them to suffer. Fry them. Last edited by OnyxCougar; 05-04-2004 at 12:21 PM. |
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