Guybrush
Dittohead
Everyone gets so animated whenever this topic is talked over, and personally I’m at some difficulty to see why. I’m against it, but not really passionately, I cannot say. The two main objections to it I can think of at moment are as follows: 1. If all of the countries in the West were to agree on banning capital punishment perhaps the rest of the world could be pressured into following suit. This would be a good thing, the adherents of this argument claim, since it would mean that the fate of, let’s say, the gays and the political dissidents routinely executed in some countries today would never be sealed. Rather, they would just get a life sentence, with prospects of getting released whenever the political winds shifted. (But even if the death penalty were scrapped they could still potentially be locked up for life!) 2. It works pretty badly in the West too, with some people’s being proved innocent after their execution, etc. (But even if the death penalty were scrapped they could still potentially be locked up for life!)
Both of these arguments look intellectual rather than emotional to me, which, again, is why I don’t really get why people get so worked up about this. I’m sure there are more arguments, though, but I’m off to bed now. Please feel free to add your own.
Both of these arguments look intellectual rather than emotional to me, which, again, is why I don’t really get why people get so worked up about this. I’m sure there are more arguments, though, but I’m off to bed now. Please feel free to add your own.
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