Should women get the death penalty?

[BrilloPad]

And is immoral.

For me it depends. If someone killed one of my kids I would want the death penalty.

To be fair, I want the death penalty for people who delete from the counting thread....

[MyUserName]

Should women get the death penalty?

Yeah, some of them.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

So your 'one Universal truth' allows for taking another's life as an act of punishment/revenge?

Odd sort of religion that one.

The universal truth en-composes a life after death. If your view of the world is that it ends here then I still don't see how not ending their life works. If you view the life is only a short period after which there is an eternal life then putting and end to evil people's lives makes sense. If you view this world as one where life will end then why do they deserve to continue living while they have destroyed so many lives. I am not proposing torture followed by death, rather just putting them down - similar to how we put dog's down. Interestingly how do you view that? We are animals just like dogs right? So why can we put them down but not humans?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

And is immoral.

By what frame of reference? Morality without a frame of reference is ever changing especially if it is subject to people's own opinions.

[Bellona]

BBC News - Texas executes female murderer Suzanne Basso

If the death penalty is applied then it should be applied regardless of gender, so yes.

[d000hg]

So your 'one Universal truth' allows for taking another's life as an act of punishment/revenge?

Odd sort of religion that one.

Out of interest - and not tying this to any specific religion - why do you find the concept to be incompatible with "Some Universal Truth"? Or rather, why would locking someone up for 50 years as an act of punishment/revenge be OK but taking another's life as an act of punishment/revenge wouldn't be? It sounds a lot like you're taking your personal opinion and dictating that as some sort of truth - the universe can't possibly work in a way you don't approve of?

Serious question.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Out of interest - and not tying this to any specific religion - why do you find the concept to be incompatible with "Some Universal Truth"? Or rather, why would locking someone up for 50 years as an act of punishment/revenge be OK but taking another's life as an act of punishment/revenge wouldn't be? It sounds a lot like you're taking your personal opinion and dictating that as some sort of truth - the universe can't possibly work in a way you don't approve of?

Serious question.

Thanks, Liked and + Rep for that.

Really well said - It could easily be argued that locking somebody up for life is in fact a kind of mental torture and that putting them to death is the most moral way to do things - regardless of the actual cost.

[MyUserName]

Out of interest - and not tying this to any specific religion - why do you find the concept to be incompatible with "Some Universal Truth"? Or rather, why would locking someone up for 50 years as an act of punishment/revenge be OK but taking another's life as an act of punishment/revenge wouldn't be? It sounds a lot like you're taking your personal opinion and dictating that as some sort of truth - the universe can't possibly work in a way you don't approve of?

Serious question.

It is not just about locking them up out of punishment and revenge. It is also to keep them from harming other people and reskill them so that when they are released they are able to function in society. How well this actually works is a different question though ...

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

It is not just about locking them up out of punishment and revenge. It is also to keep them from harming other people and reskill them so that when they are released they are able to function in society. How well this actually works is a different question though ...

What about those who get 10x life penalty to never be released? Also the idea of deterrence and the overall benefit to society.

[Troll]

So your 'one Universal truth' allows for taking another's life as an act of punishment/revenge?

Odd sort of religion that one.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Matthew 5:38


HTH