the flip side of that coin is do we really want state-sanctioned murders for "terrorists"? they already classify most of us right here as such.
For terrorists? No. For terrorists that actively kill innocent citizens? yes.
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the flip side of that coin is do we really want state-sanctioned murders for "terrorists"? they already classify most of us right here as such.
For terrorists? No. For terrorists that actively kill innocent citizens? yes.
But not the terrorist that have only been labeled terrorist, like tea party members, vets etc...
Unless they blow up marathons.
I hope the state can prove that,
however, when we grant the power to the state to take life... who knows where it'll go from there.
This is a huge part of why I disagree with the death penalty. When you give the government the ability to kill people they decide are dangerous, who prevents them from devolving to the point that they are lining people up against the wall because they don't like their beliefs, their thoughts, or their statements? Always remember that it could be you being executed. You can scream that it would never happen to you all you want, but it really could happen to you.
You're OK with prison, though?
I'm highly skeptical of prison as well. I'm a good libertarian, verging on anarchist.
Right. Rape, pillage, and burn. Survival of the biggest gang.
I'll take a society where people are responsible for dealing with other people who don't live up to the social code any day privately over one where career politicians take it upon themselves to decide who gets to live and die or spend their lives in cages.
Right. As long as you have the biggest gang.
Uh, sure. The politicians and jackbooted thugs that are crushing this country under their thumbs now don't count as a gang? Seems like it to me.
the flip side of that coin is do we really want state-sanctioned murders for "terrorists"? they already classify most of us right here as such.
Not to make lite of it but I think internet fraud deserves the death penalty, I look at the result of the crime and cruel and unusual punishment doesn't seem so bad.I'm always split on this issue. I think murderous scumbags deserve death.
But at the same time, capital punishment is the hallmark of a tyrannical/police state. Plus I think there's greater punishment in being thrown away in a hole then "getting out of it early" via the death penalty.
The problem with capital punishment is that it eventually snowballs. First it's murderers (not a bad idea), then it's rapists, then kidnappers, then shoplifters, jaywalkers, etc.
Allowing the state to make life/death decisions isn't compatible with a free society, IMHO.