The Death Penalty

[SHRED]

"I don't trust the government"...
Funny how many RW'ers who strongly feel this way, yet see no problem with the government putting people to death.

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[AlCzervik]

1. That is an excellent point and question.

[skater314159]

2. Especially the "Pro-Life" ones.

Anyone who tells me they are pro-life, but are pro-death penalty, I tell off. Especially if they are "Christian"... Jesus is the prime example of the government executing an innocent man.

It really shuts em up.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. I don't trust the government to murder people.

In fact, I find "trusting" the government to be downright undemocratic.

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
Thomas Paine

[varkam]

4. It's okay though, because those sentenced to death aren't even human.

Therefore, it really doesn't matter.

[catnhatnh]

5. My Opposition to the Death Penalty leaves me with a Single Overiding Sadness...

...That being I cannot then advocate it for the criminal members of our current administration.....