I love my friend B., and she is linked to my blog (although not as high as a week ago, which I will fix, I promise). I disagree with her when it comes to the death penalty. It used to be, years ago, that death was swift and horrific. That doesn't make that penalty OK. It just means, to me, that as a society we get a superiority complex about other people.
I guess my point is, we (meaning me) feel bad when a male tiger kills the offspring that are not his. Yet, somehow, we think it's OK to kill another person.
I am a HUGE, BIG fan of life without parole. But state-sanctioned murder is not OK with me.
And I hope I never have to be in the situation of a family member whose loved one was murdered.
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I love you, and I believe that you know where I am coming from. Sometimes, intelligent people can have irrational beliefs. Perhaps my belief in the death penalty is irrational, but I understand why I so firmly believe in it. Maybe that's what I failed to state in my prior posting.
From a purely economic standpoint, I would agree with life without parole. Long term it is a lot cheaper. But from an emotional and/or personal standpoint, I believe that the death penalty can be justly applied.
Perhaps if I had the benefit of Prof. Benz*, I might have a different perspective. I've heard it's a quite enlightening experience.
And thanks for reading my blog!
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