The USA is set to execute the 1000th person since the death penalty was reintroduced in 1976.
What do you think about capital punishment?
Personally I'm against it, because miscarriages of justice can occur. A punishment should act as a deterrent, and there's no good evidence that the death penalty does this. It should also attempt to rehabilitate the offender - which execution clearly can't do.
4
209 replies to this topic
#4
-
- Members
-
- 228 posts
Bomber
Posted 25 November 2005 - 04:14 PM
I agree with it in principle - I think there are some people who are such a danger to society that imprisonment is just a waste of resources. But in practice, when carrying out the death penalty has more to do with what race the criminal and victim are, how much money the criminal has, and other demographic issues that should be irrelevant but clearly aren't, I don't think it's appropriate.
So I guess my ansswer to the poll would be a firm "yes, but..." and I see the poll starter has omitted to add that option.
So I guess my ansswer to the poll would be a firm "yes, but..." and I see the poll starter has omitted to add that option.
"Every process, event, happening - call it what you will; in a word, everything that is going on in Nature means an increase of the entropy of the part of the world where it is going on. Thus a living organism continually increases its entropy - or, as you may say, produces positive entropy - and thus tends to approach the dangerous state of maximum entropy, which is death."
- Erwin Schrodinger, "What is Life?", Cambridge University Press, 1944
- Erwin Schrodinger, "What is Life?", Cambridge University Press, 1944
#5
-
- Members
-
- 6,223 posts
LFN Hunter
Posted 25 November 2005 - 04:21 PM
I voted no.
Shadow List 2013.
Hugo Chavez, Brian Shivers, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Michael Winner, Jo Bryant, Sir Henry Cecil, Anne Williams, Tariq Aziz, Ronnie Biggs, Gough Whitlam, Saif al-Islam, John Nkomo, Nelson Mandela, George H. W. Bush, John Derbyshire, Chopper Read, Leslie Phillips, Robert Mugabe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Margaret Thatcher, Hosni Mubarak, Clive James, Gabriel G. Marquez, Jeremy Thorpe, Damon Harris, Christopher Lee, Ian Paisley, Dora Bryan, John Bardon, Billy Graham, Muhammad Ali, Jalal Talabani, Mikail Kalashnikov, Rochus Misch, Fidel Castro, Denis Healy, Robert G. Edwards, Bob Dole, Nancy Reagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacques Chirac, Bashar al-Assad, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Bonnie Franklin, Ariel Sharon, Princess Lilian, Grand Duke Jean, Queen Fabiola, Bhumibol Abdulyadej, Fred Phelps
2009: 13/50, 2010: 10/50, 2011: 9/50, 2012: 15/50, 2013:10/50 Winner of the 2010 Dustpool.
Hugo Chavez, Brian Shivers, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Michael Winner, Jo Bryant, Sir Henry Cecil, Anne Williams, Tariq Aziz, Ronnie Biggs, Gough Whitlam, Saif al-Islam, John Nkomo, Nelson Mandela, George H. W. Bush, John Derbyshire, Chopper Read, Leslie Phillips, Robert Mugabe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Margaret Thatcher, Hosni Mubarak, Clive James, Gabriel G. Marquez, Jeremy Thorpe, Damon Harris, Christopher Lee, Ian Paisley, Dora Bryan, John Bardon, Billy Graham, Muhammad Ali, Jalal Talabani, Mikail Kalashnikov, Rochus Misch, Fidel Castro, Denis Healy, Robert G. Edwards, Bob Dole, Nancy Reagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacques Chirac, Bashar al-Assad, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Bonnie Franklin, Ariel Sharon, Princess Lilian, Grand Duke Jean, Queen Fabiola, Bhumibol Abdulyadej, Fred Phelps
2009: 13/50, 2010: 10/50, 2011: 9/50, 2012: 15/50, 2013:10/50 Winner of the 2010 Dustpool.
#7
-
- Members
-
- 5,338 posts
Dwarf tosser
Posted 25 November 2005 - 04:30 PM
Windsor, on Nov 25 2005, 04:21 PM, said:
I voted no.
For example if a man who is proven insane and could not
appreciate the punishement of life then perhaps it
could be considered.
Scott Pederson would be a good example who should
spend life in prison.
#8
-
- Members
-
- 4,132 posts
uber twunt
Posted 25 November 2005 - 05:38 PM
I voted no. I think my senior year Ethics professor put it best:
"If they can make as bad a mistake as they did with O.J. one way, surely they can make it the other way."
"If they can make as bad a mistake as they did with O.J. one way, surely they can make it the other way."
Twunt Master Series (August 2007 - January 2008) (January 2008 - June 2008) (July 2008 - April 2009) (April 2009 - January 2010)
Uber Twunt Series (January 2010 - ?)
I still owe NAP
#9 Guest_Guest_*
-
- Guests
Posted 25 November 2005 - 06:42 PM
The most hated is in mine opinion is GEORGE BEST and i hated him all the time and now good riddance to him he is now DEAD.!!!!!!!!! GIMME A P......... P GIMME A.............. A GIMME A R................R GIMME A T...............T GIMME A Y.............. Y.
HIP HIP OOH RAY *GOOGOLPLEXIAN TIMES . ( NOT)
HIP HIP OOH RAY *GOOGOLPLEXIAN TIMES . ( NOT)
#13
-
- Members
-
- 6,223 posts
LFN Hunter
Posted 25 November 2005 - 08:48 PM
And here's another thing....abortion.
Isn't that just execution?
(Prompted by HoS, I just thought we could see how many more controversial issues we could throw into this thread for no real reason.
Isn't that just execution?
(Prompted by HoS, I just thought we could see how many more controversial issues we could throw into this thread for no real reason.
Shadow List 2013.
Hugo Chavez, Brian Shivers, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Michael Winner, Jo Bryant, Sir Henry Cecil, Anne Williams, Tariq Aziz, Ronnie Biggs, Gough Whitlam, Saif al-Islam, John Nkomo, Nelson Mandela, George H. W. Bush, John Derbyshire, Chopper Read, Leslie Phillips, Robert Mugabe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Margaret Thatcher, Hosni Mubarak, Clive James, Gabriel G. Marquez, Jeremy Thorpe, Damon Harris, Christopher Lee, Ian Paisley, Dora Bryan, John Bardon, Billy Graham, Muhammad Ali, Jalal Talabani, Mikail Kalashnikov, Rochus Misch, Fidel Castro, Denis Healy, Robert G. Edwards, Bob Dole, Nancy Reagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacques Chirac, Bashar al-Assad, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Bonnie Franklin, Ariel Sharon, Princess Lilian, Grand Duke Jean, Queen Fabiola, Bhumibol Abdulyadej, Fred Phelps
2009: 13/50, 2010: 10/50, 2011: 9/50, 2012: 15/50, 2013:10/50 Winner of the 2010 Dustpool.
Hugo Chavez, Brian Shivers, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Michael Winner, Jo Bryant, Sir Henry Cecil, Anne Williams, Tariq Aziz, Ronnie Biggs, Gough Whitlam, Saif al-Islam, John Nkomo, Nelson Mandela, George H. W. Bush, John Derbyshire, Chopper Read, Leslie Phillips, Robert Mugabe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Margaret Thatcher, Hosni Mubarak, Clive James, Gabriel G. Marquez, Jeremy Thorpe, Damon Harris, Christopher Lee, Ian Paisley, Dora Bryan, John Bardon, Billy Graham, Muhammad Ali, Jalal Talabani, Mikail Kalashnikov, Rochus Misch, Fidel Castro, Denis Healy, Robert G. Edwards, Bob Dole, Nancy Reagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacques Chirac, Bashar al-Assad, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Bonnie Franklin, Ariel Sharon, Princess Lilian, Grand Duke Jean, Queen Fabiola, Bhumibol Abdulyadej, Fred Phelps
2009: 13/50, 2010: 10/50, 2011: 9/50, 2012: 15/50, 2013:10/50 Winner of the 2010 Dustpool.
#15
-
- Members
-
- 6,223 posts
LFN Hunter
Posted 25 November 2005 - 08:54 PM
Harvester Of Souls, on Nov 25 2005, 07:50 PM, said:
Leading charities report that sex offenders are incurable. If they can not be rehabilitated should they not be put down?
Leading charities report that zooiphiles (whatever) are incurable. If they can not be rehabilitated should they not be put down?
(OK, I made this one up
).
Shadow List 2013.
Hugo Chavez, Brian Shivers, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Michael Winner, Jo Bryant, Sir Henry Cecil, Anne Williams, Tariq Aziz, Ronnie Biggs, Gough Whitlam, Saif al-Islam, John Nkomo, Nelson Mandela, George H. W. Bush, John Derbyshire, Chopper Read, Leslie Phillips, Robert Mugabe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Margaret Thatcher, Hosni Mubarak, Clive James, Gabriel G. Marquez, Jeremy Thorpe, Damon Harris, Christopher Lee, Ian Paisley, Dora Bryan, John Bardon, Billy Graham, Muhammad Ali, Jalal Talabani, Mikail Kalashnikov, Rochus Misch, Fidel Castro, Denis Healy, Robert G. Edwards, Bob Dole, Nancy Reagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacques Chirac, Bashar al-Assad, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Bonnie Franklin, Ariel Sharon, Princess Lilian, Grand Duke Jean, Queen Fabiola, Bhumibol Abdulyadej, Fred Phelps
2009: 13/50, 2010: 10/50, 2011: 9/50, 2012: 15/50, 2013:10/50 Winner of the 2010 Dustpool.
Hugo Chavez, Brian Shivers, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Michael Winner, Jo Bryant, Sir Henry Cecil, Anne Williams, Tariq Aziz, Ronnie Biggs, Gough Whitlam, Saif al-Islam, John Nkomo, Nelson Mandela, George H. W. Bush, John Derbyshire, Chopper Read, Leslie Phillips, Robert Mugabe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Margaret Thatcher, Hosni Mubarak, Clive James, Gabriel G. Marquez, Jeremy Thorpe, Damon Harris, Christopher Lee, Ian Paisley, Dora Bryan, John Bardon, Billy Graham, Muhammad Ali, Jalal Talabani, Mikail Kalashnikov, Rochus Misch, Fidel Castro, Denis Healy, Robert G. Edwards, Bob Dole, Nancy Reagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacques Chirac, Bashar al-Assad, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Bonnie Franklin, Ariel Sharon, Princess Lilian, Grand Duke Jean, Queen Fabiola, Bhumibol Abdulyadej, Fred Phelps
2009: 13/50, 2010: 10/50, 2011: 9/50, 2012: 15/50, 2013:10/50 Winner of the 2010 Dustpool.
#16
-
- Members
-
- 932 posts
Assassin
Posted 25 November 2005 - 08:56 PM
Windsor, on Nov 25 2005, 08:54 PM, said:
Harvester Of Souls, on Nov 25 2005, 07:50 PM, said:
Leading charities report that sex offenders are incurable. If they can not be rehabilitated should they not be put down?
Leading charities report that zooiphiles (whatever) are incurable. If they can not be rehabilitated should they not be put down?
(OK, I made this one up
). Give me a good reason why someone like Sidney Cooke shouldn't hang?
Necrophilia. The Unrivaled Feeling Of Cracking Open A Cold One.
#18
-
- Members
-
- 932 posts
Assassin
Posted 25 November 2005 - 09:01 PM
Tempus Fugit, on Nov 25 2005, 08:59 PM, said:
I voted yes to the death penaly, but only if it's done by firing squad,
that at least has some style.
that at least has some style.
Necrophilia. The Unrivaled Feeling Of Cracking Open A Cold One.
#19
-
- Members
-
- 6,223 posts
LFN Hunter
Posted 25 November 2005 - 09:02 PM
[Edit - in relation to the paedo up there]
Because he should be forced to live out the rest of his days in prison and suffer there with nothing more than plasma screen TVs, outings, pool tables, gyms and other such facilities.
Anyhow,
Some sections of the deathlist community think that those who write in text language and those who cannot spell should be executed. Is this justifyable?
Because he should be forced to live out the rest of his days in prison and suffer there with nothing more than plasma screen TVs, outings, pool tables, gyms and other such facilities.
Anyhow,
Some sections of the deathlist community think that those who write in text language and those who cannot spell should be executed. Is this justifyable?
Shadow List 2013.
Hugo Chavez, Brian Shivers, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Michael Winner, Jo Bryant, Sir Henry Cecil, Anne Williams, Tariq Aziz, Ronnie Biggs, Gough Whitlam, Saif al-Islam, John Nkomo, Nelson Mandela, George H. W. Bush, John Derbyshire, Chopper Read, Leslie Phillips, Robert Mugabe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Margaret Thatcher, Hosni Mubarak, Clive James, Gabriel G. Marquez, Jeremy Thorpe, Damon Harris, Christopher Lee, Ian Paisley, Dora Bryan, John Bardon, Billy Graham, Muhammad Ali, Jalal Talabani, Mikail Kalashnikov, Rochus Misch, Fidel Castro, Denis Healy, Robert G. Edwards, Bob Dole, Nancy Reagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacques Chirac, Bashar al-Assad, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Bonnie Franklin, Ariel Sharon, Princess Lilian, Grand Duke Jean, Queen Fabiola, Bhumibol Abdulyadej, Fred Phelps
2009: 13/50, 2010: 10/50, 2011: 9/50, 2012: 15/50, 2013:10/50 Winner of the 2010 Dustpool.
Hugo Chavez, Brian Shivers, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Michael Winner, Jo Bryant, Sir Henry Cecil, Anne Williams, Tariq Aziz, Ronnie Biggs, Gough Whitlam, Saif al-Islam, John Nkomo, Nelson Mandela, George H. W. Bush, John Derbyshire, Chopper Read, Leslie Phillips, Robert Mugabe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Margaret Thatcher, Hosni Mubarak, Clive James, Gabriel G. Marquez, Jeremy Thorpe, Damon Harris, Christopher Lee, Ian Paisley, Dora Bryan, John Bardon, Billy Graham, Muhammad Ali, Jalal Talabani, Mikail Kalashnikov, Rochus Misch, Fidel Castro, Denis Healy, Robert G. Edwards, Bob Dole, Nancy Reagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacques Chirac, Bashar al-Assad, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Bonnie Franklin, Ariel Sharon, Princess Lilian, Grand Duke Jean, Queen Fabiola, Bhumibol Abdulyadej, Fred Phelps
2009: 13/50, 2010: 10/50, 2011: 9/50, 2012: 15/50, 2013:10/50 Winner of the 2010 Dustpool.
#20
-
- Members
-
- 932 posts
Assassin
Posted 25 November 2005 - 09:06 PM
Windsor, on Nov 25 2005, 09:02 PM, said:
Because he should be forced to live out the rest of his days in prison and suffer there with nothing more than plasma screen TVs, outings, pool tables, gyms and other such facilities.
Windsor, on Nov 25 2005, 09:02 PM, said:
Anyhow,
Some sections of the deathlist community think that those who write in text language and those who cannot spell should be executed. Is this justifyable?
Some sections of the deathlist community think that those who write in text language and those who cannot spell should be executed. Is this justifyable?
Necrophilia. The Unrivaled Feeling Of Cracking Open A Cold One.
Reply to this topic
1 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users
