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Posted 2003-01-13, 02:49 PM
in reply to platnum's post "death penalty"
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BlueCube said:
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It's still justice. The offender is removed from society, and his life is gone. No more murder / rape combos from that loser.
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wouldn't putting him in jail remove the offender from society therefore removing him from having the ability to rape and murder.
BlueCube said:
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Right. It IS based on vengenance. Why else would we have jails? The offender HAS TO BE PUNISHED SOMEHOW.
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It could simply be so that the offender doesn't have the ability to harm other innocent people...it is also considered a punishment but there is no better way to keep people safe from criminals.
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I'll ignore the fact that you put one of the most free and prosporous countries in with shiathole countries like Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
The Inquisition was a stupid point in history, where misinterpretation lead to deaths. Much like current-day Extreme-Islam. It had nothing to do with justice at all. The Bible does not call for the death of infidels, instead it encourages forgivness in the wake of Jesus Christ. HOWEVER, if the criminal "kills one of his fellow man, he shall surely be killed by his fellow man". Murder is evil, Justice is not.
The government has every right to enforce its laws in the most fair way it has. Keeping murderers alive in the current jail system isn't the best punishment right now.. it's the death penalty.
Again, like I stated before, if the jail system were "improved", it would become a better punishment, and therefore the death penalty would become outdated. Simple as that.
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Not all islamic countries are "shiatholes". And plus we're all talking about laws here so wether it's iraq, saudi arabia, or the USA it's all the same...a law is a law. Your statement "murder is evil, justice is not," is my point exactly. Murder and justice cannot coincide.
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