The Death Penalty

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Well like I say, it's just my opinion.

Human rights are for humans, and as I said before I believe that certain members of society are not human.

Do it the old fashioned way....

I am absolutely against the death penalty. That the government can ultimately lay claim to your life, I believe, is inconsistent with the principles of libertarianism, and it is not an effective deterrent to crime. In fact, it may even incentivize a criminal to kill or further harm a victim if they have nothing to lose in order to escape possible punishment. Never mind the expense.

If someone killed a person close to me, I would want them to be punished to the maximum extent that the law permits; but I do not believe that capital punishment should be a part of that.

I have a hard time believing people when they say "what if somebody in your family got hurt, you would want that person dead!"

My mother and stepfather always said that child molesters deserved the death penalty.

Then they find out that my aunt is one of those child molesters, and that she sexually abused both me, my sister, and her own children.

Their tune changed pretty f*****g quickly then. My aunt suddenly became a victim of such a horrible upbringing, and I became a horrible person for suggesting that she faced the consequences of her action.

My point is, it is very easy for people to say that a lot of people deserve capital punishment until one of those people end up being close to them.

For the record, I believe that my aunt deserves a lifetime in a civil commitment center, living the rest of her life locked up alongside other sexually violent predators. But that is never going to happen.

Actually, if a family member/relative of mine were a child molester I'd tie the hangman's noose for them. Hell, I'd even pay for the rope!
I'm serious.

I feel instead of the death penalty for murderers, we should use life imprisonment because it causes insanity and a slow breakdown of their humanity. We have no evidence that Hell exists, but with life imprisonment we can make their time a living one, just as it is for the family of the murdered. When one is sentenced to life in prison, he has nothing to live for anymore, but we are making him live anyways, to feel the pain and emptiness of those close to the one he murdered. I feel this is a more satisfying punishment than the death penalty, which I feel is the easy way out, just as suicide bombers are cowards.

I think hanging is a good form of punishment, it symbolizes something too.

They ought to do it publicly.

*sigh*

people who wish to commit suicide and who are also grandiose are able to have themselves killed and make it look like it was someone elses fault.