"send all our death-row inmates to them to foot the bill"-----the concern is not so much about the bill because the prison system is about the bill....it's a business. The more prisoners and the higher the bill the better for this industry and it has a very strong lobby. This is a capitalist argument to keep the guy alive.
The stir about capital punishment is I think about respect for life, all life, the kind of respect, if I'm reading you correctly, that suicide jihadists, do not have.
I'm not making an argument. I'm ranting.
I support the death penalty in cases where permanent exile is not an option. The fact is, the death penalty does reduce crime. Criminals put to death do not repeat. Simple as that.
I also believe in reincarnation, so death is not the tragedy for me that it is for so many others.
Inconsistencies?
"permanent exile"--life in prison is permanent exile...yes? no? or do you mean exile as limited to deportation.
In a previous posting you said "This is an ideological movement, like Naziism, like Communism, and is more dangerous than both, because although Nazis and Communists were willing to commit mass slaughter, they believed enough in life to keep their own culture. These suicidal jihadists are capable of convincing themselves that destroying the planet, including themselves and their compatriots, can be a good thing....To in any way justify, excuse, or tolerate the perpetrators of suicidal jihadism and the slughter of innocents is to open the door to an abyss that shall engulf us all."
In this post, you hold a certain belief in life, one's own life, the life of innocents, and culture as some differentiating factor. How is this "belief in life" different in the case of execution versus suicidal jihadism. Or is it all just a case of relativism.
Reincarnation--you say death is not the tragedy for you as it is for others. Then why should it matter to you the death of innocents and the ability of suicidal jihadists to so freely kill themselves.
Permanant exile entails no obligation on the citizens exiling the criminal. But our country has no institution set up for such exile; i.e., a cave on a glacier in the arctic circle. Or a colony on the moon.
Execution vs. suicidal jihadism? Is it relativism to distinguish between targeting murderers vs lae-abiding citizens? I honestly cannot understand the comparison you are making. How is the execution of Tookie Williams equivalent to the murdering of citizens in the twin towers?
The distinction I make regarding reincarnation is simple. This answer may only make sense to you if you have read my God Game posts or Creating Your Life posts: This world is a stage for a variety of souls to write, direct, and act in their comedies and dramas. It's a very pluralistic view. However, when someone begins writing a script that threatens the existence of the stage and theater, such as setting fire to it thereby elimintating everyone's ability to create, that's where I draw the line.
Thanks for you questions.
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