Capital Punishment

reza · Post by **reza** » 12/9/2004, 10:19 pm

What do you guys think about it? It isn't being practiced in Canada, but it is certainly in use in the United States. Do you belive that it's an effective deterrent against crime? More importantly, is it morally correct? What people do you belive should recieve the death sentence, or is there no such case- making life imprisonment a sufficient form of punishment?

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 12/9/2004, 10:20 pm

I am 100% against capital punishment.

"An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind" - Ghandi

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 12/9/2004, 10:44 pm

Its been proven that its not a deterrent againts crime. Secondly I'm againts it.

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 12/9/2004, 10:47 pm

Good boy!
psssst (against).

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 12/9/2004, 10:50 pm

Sinead againts capital punishment?! And I always thought you were the neo-conservative poster girl of Canada. For shame Taylor, For shame.

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 12/9/2004, 10:51 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
:sugar:

I suck and the vacuums are coming.

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 12/9/2004, 10:53 pm

Dont go spouting my crappy made up band names around the Cm. :O

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 12/9/2004, 10:54 pm

Anyways, Capitial punishment is in the dark ages.

superrgirll · Post by **superrgirll** » 12/9/2004, 11:22 pm

i think that i'm pretty much against capital punishment. i just think it is more beneficial to keep those people locked up and study them so you can see what makes them tick and such.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 12/9/2004, 11:47 pm

What good is it? People still commit crimes that carry the sentence of death.

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 12/10/2004, 12:00 am

You know what I was thinking? Putting people in jail really is not going to help for many of them. If you're in jail for 15 years..that's a long fucking time. It's your life, you get used to it. You're more used to living in jail than outside, so you won't be that worried about getting back in.

Besides, many people end up in jail for one stupid mistake. Of course that should go punished, but years in jail with real horrible people, real criminals, that is not going to make them come out all shiny on the other side. And then there's just the generally bad people who are NEVER going to see other people's pain.

In conclusion, I know nothing.

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 12/10/2004, 12:04 am

Hurray for a culture of estrangement and pain!

reza · Post by **reza** » 12/10/2004, 2:20 pm

hmm i figured there would have been more of a discussion, but we all seem to agree here haha

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 12/10/2004, 3:24 pm

Trying to start arguments, eh, frog? :clumsy:

reza · Post by **reza** » 12/10/2004, 4:16 pm

DISCUSSION....which always leads to an argument lol. no i actually have an upcoming debate on it and i was gonna use u guys to form ideas and junk lol

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 12/10/2004, 6:02 pm

I'm against it really. It's just murder itself. Murder one in America technically because it is planned out and such. But of course it's "legal" because the government said so. The purpose of prison terms is to resocialize the people in there back into society. It's hard to be resocialized if you're dead.

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 12/10/2004, 7:24 pm

That is not the purpose of jail as it exists. Jail is "punishment", and pretty much guarantees that the prisoner will never be able to reintegrate properly into society.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 12/10/2004, 7:26 pm

Prison is a total institution. I was posting something I read from my TEXTBOOK and that's what it said the purpose of prison was for.

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 12/10/2004, 7:30 pm

Well your textbook is full of bullshit. Since when do you believe everything you read? Go look up some numbers.

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 12/10/2004, 8:16 pm

whoa ya, just because a text book says something doesn't mean its true.