The Death Penalty
Comments
-
You are not making sense.PJfanwillneverleave1 said:Any rational person would be deterred from committing capital crimes if a state sanctioned murder was the punishment approved by the revenge of citizens.
Any irrational person commits capital crimes.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say0 -
Only if one is drunk or easily confused.catefrances said:
You are not making sense.PJfanwillneverleave1 said:Any rational person would be deterred from committing capital crimes if a state sanctioned murder was the punishment approved by the revenge of citizens.
Any irrational person commits capital crimes.0 -
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
I don't agree with this. Imprisonment can, and should, be about sequestration from society. I don't think prison should be used for non-violent offenses at all, we should get away from the archaic penal style system.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
So you're saying (state sanctioned) murder is a punishment for murder?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent.
As for imprisonment being revenge..... no it isnt. Its the removal from society of someonecwho has transgressed at the most heinous level. They took the life of someone, so life as they know it should be taken from them. One doesnt need to be killed for their life to be taken from them.Post edited by catefrances onhear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say0 -
I don't call it murder. You do.catefrances said:
So you're saying (state sanctioned) murder is a punishment for murder?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
What constitutes a non-violent offense and what should be the punishment instead?rgambs said:
I don't agree with this. Imprisonment can, and should, be about sequestration from society. I don't think prison should be used for non-violent offenses at all, we should get away from the archaic penal style system.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent.
Getting away from the archaic penal style system is great if one can offer a suggestion along with the observation.0 -
purposely ending a life is murder by definition.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I don't call it murder. You do.catefrances said:
So you're saying (state sanctioned) murder is a punishment for murder?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
a group of crows is defined as such as wellgimmesometruth27 said:
purposely ending a life is murder by definition.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I don't call it murder. You do.catefrances said:
So you're saying (state sanctioned) murder is a punishment for murder?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent.0 -
exactly. Murder is legal term connoting intent and aforethought.. if execution isnt intentional I dont know what is.gimmesometruth27 said:
purposely ending a life is murder by definition.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I don't call it murder. You do.catefrances said:
So you're saying (state sanctioned) murder is a punishment for murder?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent.
Post edited by catefrances onhear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say0 -
how does that apply to this particular discussion?PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
a group of crows is defined as such as wellgimmesometruth27 said:
purposely ending a life is murder by definition.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I don't call it murder. You do.catefrances said:
So you're saying (state sanctioned) murder is a punishment for murder?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
How a word in society has different definitions.gimmesometruth27 said:
how does that apply to this particular discussion?PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
a group of crows is defined as such as wellgimmesometruth27 said:
purposely ending a life is murder by definition.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I don't call it murder. You do.catefrances said:
So you're saying (state sanctioned) murder is a punishment for murder?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent.
0 -
Why you needed to answer that question fails me.PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
How a word in society has different definitions.gimmesometruth27 said:
how does that apply to this particular discussion?PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
a group of crows is defined as such as wellgimmesometruth27 said:
purposely ending a life is murder by definition.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I don't call it murder. You do.catefrances said:
So you're saying (state sanctioned) murder is a punishment for murder?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent.
If the DP is murder... then it goes without saying that imprisoning people is kidnapping them.
Ridiculous.
* I can accept 'execution' as an appropriate term for the DP though. For example: The serial murderer was executed for raping and murdering 12 children. 'Murdered' just doesn't fit. Sorry. And not even a good try.
"My brain's a good brain!"0 -
PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
How a word in society has different definitions.gimmesometruth27 said:
how does that apply to this particular discussion?PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
a group of crows is defined as such as wellgimmesometruth27 said:
purposely ending a life is murder by definition.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I don't call it murder. You do.catefrances said:
So you're saying (state sanctioned) murder is a punishment for murder?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Why you needed to answer that question fails me.PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
How a word in society has different definitions.gimmesometruth27 said:
how does that apply to this particular discussion?PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
a group of crows is defined as such as wellgimmesometruth27 said:
purposely ending a life is murder by definition.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I don't call it murder. You do.catefrances said:
So you're saying (state sanctioned) murder is a punishment for murder?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Simply put... no.catefrances said:The death penalty is state sanctioned murder and simply revenge. It does nothing to deter people from committing capital crimes.
It's a 'punishment' that should be used as a response for the most grievous 'crimes' of murder we are forced to deal with (such as the bastard who raped and killed an 11 month infant discussed a page ago).
Any action taken at all can be considered 'revenge' so again... no. If you are going to call the DP revenge, then you would need to do the same as life in prison. Your preference doesn't establish anything.
And I can agree that it does do very little to deter people from committing crimes, but as has been established already... with its limited application (something like 0.004 percent of all murders receive the DP within DP states)... it has hardly had the chance to definitively prove one way or another its effectiveness as a deterrent.
If the DP is murder... then it goes without saying that imprisoning people is kidnapping them.
Ridiculous.
* I can accept 'execution' as an appropriate term for the DP though. For example: The serial murderer was executed for raping and murdering 12 children. 'Murdered' just doesn't fit. Sorry. And not even a good try.
Semantics...its a fine line isn't it?
Post edited by catefrances onhear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say0 -
I never quoted you because for some reason... the quotes appeared like a spectrum in your post.
For me, it's not a fine line. I can see what you mean, but I'm just stuck on the natural and obvious consequences for certain crimes.
I read and watch documentaries and movies with murderers and inevitably feel something for the offender; however, as badly as I might end up feeling for that person... I only need to think of what they have done and those feelings of empathy disappear.
I think it comes down to how one chooses to maintain their focus."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Natural consequences? Theyre only 'natural' because our so called civilised society have made it so. Somehow weve made it the norm to accept execution as punishment. I can not be one of those who sees it as such. I thought as a society wedve moved past killing our own for punishment.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:I never quoted you because for some reason... the quotes appeared like a spectrum in your post.
For me, it's not a fine line. I can see what you mean, but I'm just stuck on the natural and obvious consequences for certain crimes.
I read and watch documentaries and movies with murderers and inevitably feel something for the offender; however, as badly as I might end up feeling for that person... I only need to think of what they have done and those feelings of empathy disappear.
I think it comes down to how one chooses to maintain their focus.hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say0 -
So what are you?catefrances said:
Natural consequences? Theyre only 'natural' because our so called civilised society have made it so. Somehow weve made it the norm to accept execution as punishment. I can not be one of those who sees it as such. I thought as a society wedve moved past killing our own for punishment.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:I never quoted you because for some reason... the quotes appeared like a spectrum in your post.
For me, it's not a fine line. I can see what you mean, but I'm just stuck on the natural and obvious consequences for certain crimes.
I read and watch documentaries and movies with murderers and inevitably feel something for the offender; however, as badly as I might end up feeling for that person... I only need to think of what they have done and those feelings of empathy disappear.
I think it comes down to how one chooses to maintain their focus.0 -
So we would be extremely civilized if we make the killer say sorry?catefrances said:
Natural consequences? Theyre only 'natural' because our so called civilised society have made it so. Somehow weve made it the norm to accept execution as punishment. I can not be one of those who sees it as such. I thought as a society wedve moved past killing our own for punishment.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:I never quoted you because for some reason... the quotes appeared like a spectrum in your post.
For me, it's not a fine line. I can see what you mean, but I'm just stuck on the natural and obvious consequences for certain crimes.
I read and watch documentaries and movies with murderers and inevitably feel something for the offender; however, as badly as I might end up feeling for that person... I only need to think of what they have done and those feelings of empathy disappear.
I think it comes down to how one chooses to maintain their focus.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. A serial or mass murderer shouldn't be expecting kindness when we catch and confront them, nor should anybody else.
And we are not 'killing our own'... we are punishing someone who has opted to step out of society in as brutal fashion as possible- 'hardly human' despite the definition of the term (semantics works for both sides of this discussion)."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Absolutely not. Simply saying sorry doesn't cut it. Killers should be removed from free society. They should pay for the life theyve take by being incarcerated for the term of their natural life. No chance of parole.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
So we would be extremely civilized if we make the killer say sorry?catefrances said:
Natural consequences? Theyre only 'natural' because our so called civilised society have made it so. Somehow weve made it the norm to accept execution as punishment. I can not be one of those who sees it as such. I thought as a society wedve moved past killing our own for punishment.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:I never quoted you because for some reason... the quotes appeared like a spectrum in your post.
For me, it's not a fine line. I can see what you mean, but I'm just stuck on the natural and obvious consequences for certain crimes.
I read and watch documentaries and movies with murderers and inevitably feel something for the offender; however, as badly as I might end up feeling for that person... I only need to think of what they have done and those feelings of empathy disappear.
I think it comes down to how one chooses to maintain their focus.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. A serial or mass murderer shouldn't be expecting kindness when we catch and confront them, nor should anybody else.
And we are not 'killing our own'... we are punishing someone who has opted to step out of society in as brutal fashion as possible- 'hardly human' despite the definition of the term (semantics works for both sides of this discussion).
And yes we are killing our own unless of course you think that ALL murderers somehow become less human simply because they kill.
who are we executing murderers for anyway? It can't be for the murdered cause theyre dead and can no longer care. So if we execute for no one but ourselves how can we deem ourselves any better than the executed? Do we think we have right on our side? Afterall an eye for an eye turns the whole world blind.Post edited by catefrances onhear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say0 -
?catefrances said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
So we would be extremely civilized if we make the killer say sorry?catefrances said:
Natural consequences? Theyre only 'natural' because our so called civilised society have made it so. Somehow weve made it the norm to accept execution as punishment. I can not be one of those who sees it as such. I thought as a society wedve moved past killing our own for punishment.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:I never quoted you because for some reason... the quotes appeared like a spectrum in your post.
For me, it's not a fine line. I can see what you mean, but I'm just stuck on the natural and obvious consequences for certain crimes.
I read and watch documentaries and movies with murderers and inevitably feel something for the offender; however, as badly as I might end up feeling for that person... I only need to think of what they have done and those feelings of empathy disappear.
I think it comes down to how one chooses to maintain their focus.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. A serial or mass murderer shouldn't be expecting kindness when we catch and confront them, nor should anybody else.
And we are not 'killing our own'... we are punishing someone who has opted to step out of society in as brutal fashion as possible- 'hardly human' despite the definition of the term (semantics works for both sides of this discussion).
Nt be for the murdered ause theyre dead and can no longer.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 148.8K Pearl Jam's Music and Activism
- 110K The Porch
- 274 Vitalogy
- 35K Given To Fly (live)
- 3.5K Words and Music...Communication
- 39.1K Flea Market
- 39.1K Lost Dogs
- 58.7K Not Pearl Jam's Music
- 10.6K Musicians and Gearheads
- 29.1K Other Music
- 17.8K Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
- 1.1K The Art Wall
- 56.7K Non-Pearl Jam Discussion
- 22.2K A Moving Train
- 31.7K All Encompassing Trip
- 2.9K Technical Stuff and Help