[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Save Us Sutter

I think, part of the problem, is that people equate these criminals with a normal human being and think "how can he do that, off with his head!"

Someone who rapes a child, is not like you and me. They don't think like you and me. They have severe mental deficiencies which make them unable to fully appreciate the wrongness of their actions or their urges are just too strong to control. People don't wake up in the morning and make a rational decision to go out and commit these crimes. I guess this is why I don't get the "you're bad, we're going to kill you" side.

I'm not even saying that they can be rehabilitated as a lot can't. But they do not deserve to die. No one does. No one "waives" their human rights, under any circumstances.

The difference between "you" and "them" isn't much more than a few faulty neural connections. That doesn't make "you" better than "them" and it certainly doesn't give "you" the right to kill "them".

Let me put it this way. Say you're having twins. Due to some birth complications you're two babies are born with reduced mental faculties. One ends up with autism which is diagnosed and treated from childhood. The other one appears normal but starts to exhibit psychopathic behaviour and at the age of 23 rapes a child.

Why is it ok to kill one of them?

I don't disagree with the theme of your post but I think the two highlighted sentences are extremely far from the truth in many cases.