[Ashrak]

we should bring back torture n stuff


ripping off finger nails would make one reconsider having sex with a child ......

[jdjtcagle]

we should bring back torture n stuff


ripping off finger nails would make one reconsider having sex with a child ......

You really think so?

...I still say DEATH

[TrashMan]

Castration...THEN death.

[BloodEagle]

http://cbs3.com/local/Snowball.Shooting.Teen.2.661821.html

Now tell me how you feel about capital punishment.

[Kazan]

No, you didn't point out the problems.

I didn't eh? care to explain to me how your statement doesn't describe a binary choice of between: state sanctioned killing (Which you said is bad), and the revenge system

We both know what you did. Now I'm going to take you like a dog, and rub your muzzle into the **** you took on the floor.

Why did you do it?

right.. that's mature... straighten up fast

[Admiral_Stones]

Pump him full of steroids and bleed stopping meds.
Chop his penorz into pieces and squeeze his balls until they explode.
Rip out finger- and toenails.
Break every bone of him.
Then execute with a slow chainsaw through the forehead.

[BlackDove]

No, you didn't point out the problems.

I didn't eh? care to explain to me how your statement doesn't describe a binary choice of between: state sanctioned killing (Which you said is bad), and the revenge system

We both know what you did. Now I'm going to take you like a dog, and rub your muzzle into the **** you took on the floor.

Why did you do it?

right.. that's mature... straighten up fast

You're not answering my question. Evasion with inane insults hasn't worked on me since I turned 10. It's dopey talk.

Why did you do it?

[TrashMan]

http://cbs3.com/local/Snowball.Shooting.Teen.2.661821.html

Now tell me how you feel about capital punishment.

Insta-death!
Doesn't look like anger managment is gonna help that guy if he's willing to shoot a kid over a wayard snowball (and the kid apologized).

Heck, it's about time humanity did some natural selection on it's own!

[G0atmaster]

I support life.

No abortion, no capital punishment.

[karajorma]

Anyone who tries to turn this into an abortion debate gets a week long ban for trolling.

Kazan, Blackdove, cut it out the pair of you.

[WeatherOp]

Anyone who tries to turn this into an abortion debate gets a week long ban for trolling.

Kazan, Blackdove, cut it out the pair of you.

So...... we can turn it into a global warming thread?

[karajorma]

Only if you want a week off for spamming.

[Clawandfang]

Hmm...strong views. But it's what one come to expect in these matters. What I've always found interesting, is the amount of time one spends thinking about these different problems. There's the problem of what to do with the perpatrators of serious crimes, but then genuinly good people are also starving in poor countries. I don't think at the moment we as a race are particulary good at dividing up the time we allocate to different problems.

"Seventeen more people starved to death yesterday..." "Ah... a shame..."

"One little girl has gone missing..." "WHAT?!"

I'm not trying to diss little girls gone missing, but from a purely unbiased angle... I can see which is more important.

[Admiral_Stones]

Yeah. Quita same with the WTC.

When I saw it, know what I thought?
"Who gives a **** to 3'000 People, 30'000 are starving each day". In the end, 3'000 People are nothing even compared to the weekly total.
And, after all, 3000 people less to feed, from a purely neutral POV.

[Clawandfang]

I just found a great quote which sums up my point:

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
Joseph Stalin

[jdjtcagle]

Hmm...strong views. But it's what one come to expect in these matters. What I've always found interesting, is the amount of time one spends thinking about these different problems. There's the problem of what to do with the perpatrators of serious crimes, but then genuinly good people are also starving in poor countries. I don't think at the moment we as a race are particulary good at dividing up the time we allocate to different problems.

"Seventeen more people starved to death yesterday..." "Ah... a shame..."

"One little girl has gone missing..." "WHAT?!"

I'm not trying to diss little girls gone missing, but from a purely unbiased angle... I can see which is more important.

Life goes on - no matter how serious the circumstance, we must rationalize about situations everyday in life when; they are important to us / effect us / or if they are situations in which we can influence. 

We are not starving but some of us have daughters...

[BlackDove]

I just found a great quote which sums up my point:

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
Joseph Stalin

Ah, memories of Red Alert.

"When you kill one... it is a tragedy. When you kill ten million? It is a statistic. THEY CALL ME KILLER... but I live only to serve the people... and the PEOPLE'S HISTORY will judge me." etc.

Can't believe I still remember them speeches from the cutscenes. Kind of sad, you're supposed to remember **** like this from history books. Lulz.

[G0atmaster]

Yeah, I wasn't trying to turn it into a debate.  It just irks me when people claim to be "Pro-life" and then support the death penalty.  Enough said on the A word.

(Sarcastic joke tone) Anyway, who's up for killing two birds with one stone?  Cannabalize the people on Death Row to feed the hungry! (/end sarcastic joke tone)

[Ford Prefect]

The death penalty is also consistently racist (and no before you say "that's because they commit more murders" .. no.. it exceeds proportionality by a significant amount)

Yeah, but then again, the entire justice system is racist, so I'm not sure how well that works as an argument against capital punishment specifically.

I'm categorically opposed to capital punishment for several reasons of ethical philosophy, but before any other, I object to it simply because innocent people can, and have been, wrongly convicted.

[Clawandfang]

I'm categorically opposed to capital punishment for several reasons of ethical philosophy, but before any other, I object to it simply because innocent people can, and have been, wrongly convicted.

And you would rather they simply sat in a cell whilst getting more and more depressed about their circumstances?
I'm not saying you're wrong, I actually think that this is a valid point, but is it always better to live?