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Reply #88: Could you present a list of "extreme circumstances" for us, so that we may apply it objectively? [View All]

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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 07:54 AM
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88. Could you present a list of "extreme circumstances" for us, so that we may apply it objectively?
Every capital case is an extreme circumstance, so an attempt to justify capital punishment on the basis of "extreme circumstances" are equivalent to saying "whenever I feel it's justified."

The only group that benefits from life long imprisonment is the prison-industrial complex. Death penalty cases aren't life long paychecks to them.
So you're comfortable with the prospect of killing a human being simply because it's economical?

I wasn't aware that the democratic party had a pro-life platform.
Did you support the invasion of Iraq? If not, did you oppose it for purely economical reasons, as above? Or did you oppose it because you object to the countless deaths that would (and continue to) result?

If the latter, then you're likewise "pro-life."

Bravo.


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