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Agamemnon · 04-26-2005, 08:29 AM

I've always been against capital punishment.

However, I seem to relent a bit depending on the crime. If a couple of guys rob a Mac's, things get tense, and they shoot and kill the storekeeper?; life in prison.

Pedophiles? Serial Rapist/Murderers? I'm not so sure those people can be rehabilitated.

I've always thought that its a question of humanity. By torturing, raping, or otherwise physically demeaning someone, you've forfeited your own humanity. Accidentally pull the trigger and regret the outcome? Too bad, so sad, off to jail... but not death.

04-26-2005, 08:29 AM	#2
Agamemnon #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Calgary Exp:	I've always been against capital punishment. However, I seem to relent a bit depending on the crime. If a couple of guys rob a Mac's, things get tense, and they shoot and kill the storekeeper?; life in prison. Pedophiles? Serial Rapist/Murderers? I'm not so sure those people can be rehabilitated. I've always thought that its a question of humanity. By torturing, raping, or otherwise physically demeaning someone, you've forfeited your own humanity. Accidentally pull the trigger and regret the outcome? Too bad, so sad, off to jail... but not death.