AussieU2fanman
Refugee
Well in that case is somebody is prank-phoned called, he\she should be pranked back, see how they like it!
speedracer said:
I bet you also advocate booting for making crank phone calls.
deep said:
Is this true?
Or just a load of often repeated crap?
originally posted by indra
Perhaps we should let Lyndie Englund at 'em! That will teach 'em!
But really, what would be "just" punishment? Cattle prod to the testicles? The problem is, reasonable, non-sadistic people can't hurt truly vicious people without losing their own humanity. Allowing a person convicted of horrible crimes to have certain minor privileges simply means the rest of society has not become just as brutal
bonosloveslave said:
Two days later, Porter was released from prison on a recognizance bond and the murder charges against him were officially dropped the next month. Porter thus became the tenth person sentenced to death in Illinois under the present capital punishment law to be released based on innocence.
shart1780 said:I believe in what the Bible says about it, so I believe in it.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
BonoVoxSupastar said:
So is Jesus a liar?
shart1780 said:
Why would that make Jesus a liar?
Anthony said:I don't believe in it. Death is too good for the types of animals out there.
Ant.
BonoVoxSupastar said:
If I remember right Jesus stopped a stoning(legal capital punishment according the quack who wrote the piece previously quoted) and told those who were free of sin can cast the first stone. Also said to turn the other cheek. Didn't sound like he was all into capital punishment to me.
BonoVoxSupastar said:
If I remember right Jesus stopped a stoning(legal capital punishment according the quack who wrote the piece previously quoted) and told those who were free of sin can cast the first stone. Also said to turn the other cheek. Didn't sound like he was all into capital punishment to me.
nbcrusader said:
Actually, it is true. Many areas of law today stem from principles found in Scripture.
But that was not the intention of BLS's post, but a nice diversion to take another crack at Christianity.
BonoVoxSupastar said:I can only answer this personally. Yes it applies to all forms of violence unless pure self defense or the defense of another. Revenge is not defense.
nbcrusader said:
Why do we always forget that Jesus also told the woman to sin no more.....?
speedracer said:
Ok.
But capital punishment isn't necessarily about individuals seeking for revenge to be implemented institutionally. It's presumably also about deterring others from committing crimes, which is a defensive measure. How effective this sort of deterrence is is open to argument, but it's plausible.