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Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@Oct 13 2004, 09:06 PM
It's a noble thought, but it might be tough for you to maintain that moral highground if it were your relative that had been murdered.
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I'm sure we'd all agree with that, but that's why we have a justice system and not a vigilante system. It's hard, if not impossible, for the victim to take the moral high ground. People want vengeance, but it doesn't work. How many people are truly satisfied after the murderer of their son or daughter is executed? From what I've read, not many, or none.
There are people who would want the death penalty for the kid who keyed their car. We can't leave it up to the victim to decide what is right.
It's state sponsored "two wrongs make a right" which we all know doesn't work. Another old cliché applies as well -- "do as I say, not as I do". That doesn't work either.
Regarding the "it can't cost more to kill them with $200 worth of chemicals than it does to keep them in jail", it's just a little more complicated than that.