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Old 07-15-2008, 03:43 PM   #144
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Originally Posted by mykalberta View Post
As soon as you break the laws of society, you are then no longer subject to the same sympathy as a normal citizen. If he killed people in a state that has capital punishment and a jury found him guilty with malice, then he has to accept the punishment of the state.

Its not complicated, and yes I believe in capital punishment.
This is circular logic question begging.

A similar argument would go as follows:

He was a Jew in Poland during WW2. Jews were to be put to death in Poland during WW2. He was put to death. Accept the punishment of the state. It's not complicated.

I find it amusing how many of the death penalty advocates fall prey to logical fallacies and present so many flawed, specious arguments.

As usual with these things, correlations abound no doubt.
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