tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post8505480509786057122..comments2024-01-02T12:25:23.102+09:00Comments on Kyklops: Killing in the Name of...Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-65825799530468969072007-06-10T10:15:00.000+09:002007-06-10T10:15:00.000+09:00Hi Maliha,I have a lot of problems with capital pu...Hi Maliha,<BR/>I have a lot of problems with capital punishment, some logical, some emotional. I guess it boils down to this: how does capital punishment make us more civilized? I don't believe it does, and I personally think it's a <I>lazy</I> solution for governments, open to abuse, etc.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-1941111793911731852007-06-09T01:22:00.000+09:002007-06-09T01:22:00.000+09:00Peace Kyklops,There are too many complications and...Peace Kyklops,<BR/>There are too many complications and built in injustices within our justice system for capital punishment to work.<BR/><BR/>In an ideal utopian society (where we prolly won't have the issue of cold blooded murder) I do see the sense in it. It is an emotional thing for me, if someone were to brutally murder my little boy or husband or loved one, I don't think any other punishment would be fitting for them.<BR/><BR/>I read Grisham's "The chamber" recently and he deals with the ins and outs of the death penalty. Even though the protagonist was an unrepentant racist murderer, it really made me root for his life in the end. Because in the end, you just feel pity for him.<BR/><BR/>I just contradicted myself, I guess it's one of those gray areas for me. There are too many...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-25912710419208298582007-06-07T09:13:00.000+09:002007-06-07T09:13:00.000+09:00Usual Stuff,I think I get where you're coming from...Usual Stuff,<BR/>I think I get where you're coming from, but I also think there are too many ethical, political, and practical (economic) problems with forced labor/slavery.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-49582412154005727362007-06-07T05:51:00.000+09:002007-06-07T05:51:00.000+09:00That is one of the most rational approaches I've s...That is one of the most rational approaches I've seen towards capital punishment. I do understand that someone may want revenge, I'm ok with that, but admitting anyone is beyond rehabilitation only proves society's failures. On the other hand, if that is the case, why should people spend more money on feeding them? Put them to work. Maybe "rational slavery" would provide a more civilized "solution".The Usual Stuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08660614507925312944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-47285224885575483082007-06-06T09:43:00.000+09:002007-06-06T09:43:00.000+09:00GT, Yes, the "adult" equivalent being some time, o...GT, <BR/>Yes, the "adult" equivalent being some time, or possibly life, in prison. It wasn't really my intention to single out Texas, although I guess it does carry out more death sentences than other states.<BR/><BR/>Glenn,<BR/>Rejecting capital punishment is, I think, a *rational* choice. Texas/Florida/Bush connection? Hmm... you may be on to something...<BR/><BR/>Verillion,<BR/>Nice to see you. And I agree that there is nothing "progressive" about the death penalty. I can't think of anything more *regressive*. Scumbag that he was, Saddam Hussein's execution gave me no comfort whatsoever. Quite the opposite, in fact.<BR/><BR/>Daniel,<BR/>My sentiments exactly.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-22212070723921010802007-06-06T09:00:00.000+09:002007-06-06T09:00:00.000+09:00Remember when you got spanked and they tod you, "N...Remember when you got spanked and they tod you, "Now stop crying"? <BR/>The final humiliation in the state's display of control is to demand that the person whose life is being snuffed out agrees that his own murder is proper and fitting.<BR/>No government should have the right to demand the blood of it's citizens.A Bear in the Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013721650938158869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-72879275915079065752007-06-06T02:05:00.000+09:002007-06-06T02:05:00.000+09:00Totally agree with you too, which is why I was sad...Totally agree with you too, which is why I was saddened to see the whole Iraq thing at Christmas. So this is a country that has been liberated from a dictator, which is now becoming a supposed democracy and the first thing they do is sentence people to death. Progress indeed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533913253403252799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-55319059274497265202007-06-06T01:54:00.000+09:002007-06-06T01:54:00.000+09:00Right on. I always have people challenge my opinio...Right on. I always have people challenge my opinion on capital punishment. They invariably boil it down to an emotional appeal: Wouldn't you want someone to fry if that person had murdered a loved one? My answer has to remain, No. It is a choice I have made to reject execution.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Florida is close on the heels of Texas. Bush family, anyone?<BR/><BR/>Nah.Bigezbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01518091273245395370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-74292715375901069482007-06-05T23:24:00.000+09:002007-06-05T23:24:00.000+09:00Could not agree more, oh wise Kyklops.Being a pare...Could not agree more, oh wise Kyklops.<BR/><BR/>Being a parent does help with perspective on this. Seems a little like hitting your child as a punishment for hitting. And any parent knows that "guilt" is the greatest punishment, letting someone stew in their own thoughts, their own sense of guilt is a wonderous bit of payment.<BR/><BR/>And why do these things always seem to happen in Texas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com