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morningfog

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43. The only time a use of deadly force is ever justified, by any person, state or otherwise,

Thu May 1, 2014, 07:13 AM

May 2014

is when it is to immediately prevent a person from killing someone.

Your point is silly. You are suggesting that the only morally pure position is all or none and you fail to see the difference between stopping a gunman on a rampage to save lives and executing someone who has been neutralized and incapacitated for decades in an act of vengeance.

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Why I utterly reject the death penalty. [View all] MohRokTah Apr 2014 OP

I just knew it would make the whole situation worse Warpy Apr 2014 #1

"Every last person living in this nation becomes just as evil". Really? Jgarrick Apr 2014 #2

Yes MohRokTah Apr 2014 #4

Yep, we sink to their level. nt awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #23

I am a murderer. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #7

Since murder is a horrible crime, how long a prison sentence should you suffer? Jgarrick Apr 2014 #41

Yes n/t malaise Apr 2014 #37

that appears to be the message as harsh as it is Supersedeas May 2014 #44

Just as important is the fact that the death penalty avebury Apr 2014 #3

Agreed, but that does not alter the point. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #8

You don't have to go to a red state newspaper website to find those types of comments Major Nikon Apr 2014 #24

And that is really sad. avebury Apr 2014 #27

I agree, but I have numerous other reasons for opposing the death penalty Major Nikon Apr 2014 #29

I agree with all of your points. nt avebury Apr 2014 #34

Can you support a length of rope in the hands of every incarcerated person? Loudly Apr 2014 #5

No. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #6

You are one cold-hearted muther. Loudly Apr 2014 #9

It's far more humane than death. eom MohRokTah Apr 2014 #10

I defy you to spend a week in gen pop and say that! Loudly Apr 2014 #11

I have participated in a prison ministry. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #12

Life is suffering in that situation. Loudly Apr 2014 #16

No justice is served by allowing a criminal to take the easy way out. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #19

Is that a torture chamber of punishment by assault from other prisoners? Loudly Apr 2014 #20

If suicide is the easy way out and life is the punishment whopis01 Apr 2014 #28

They don't need rope. Warpy Apr 2014 #26

I believe in the right to die. I am anti-DP. morningfog Apr 2014 #35

Agree, agree, agree Boreal Apr 2014 #13

Sadly, you bear responsibility for both. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #14

Nonsense Boreal Apr 2014 #15

We all live in a death penalty state: the United States. morningfog Apr 2014 #33

I have the same opinion from a different viewpoint.... alittlelark Apr 2014 #17

It's revenge, not punishment. flvegan Apr 2014 #18

My reason is kind of a different point of view of your reason, MohRokTah. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #21

I, too, once supported the death penalty... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #22

Any society which arms its police with lethal force needledriver Apr 2014 #25

Your position is not logical. morningfog Apr 2014 #30

So what you're saying is it's ok for the state to kill somebody needledriver Apr 2014 #42

The only time a use of deadly force is ever justified, by any person, state or otherwise, morningfog May 2014 #43

The death penalty is not murder because it is not an illegal killing by definition. aikoaiko Apr 2014 #31

By that description, the Holocaust was not murder because it was not illegal. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #32

Was anyone charged with murder, per se, in connection with the Holocaust. aikoaiko Apr 2014 #36

I'm sure some were, most weren't, but this is nothing but a red herring to your original point Major Nikon Apr 2014 #39

+1 Jgarrick Apr 2014 #40

Exactly. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2014 #38