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Originally Posted by fatso
You're assuming the opposition to the death penalty is singularly administrative. It is that, but it's also moral, philosophical, and policy-driven.
Even if your military analogy was apt - and I don't think it is - it still doesn't address the oppositions others have raised. When a governing institution does something immoral, you don't alter the governing body to accomodate that immoral behaviour. You stop them from doing it, and prevent them from doing it again. That would be the anti-capital punishment retort to your hypothetical.
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I agree that the other issues are really a distraction to what separates most on this issue: I don't believe that it is immoral for the State to administer capital punishment. You and others see capital punishment as immoral and murder. No amount of discussion is going to change these core beliefs because they are based upon different world views. Your views of the role and limitations of government and the progression of mankind are not mine and vice-versa.