Re: Death penalty

On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Mike Findlay wrote:
> But I would support a system which gives the victim's family the 
> ultimate say of whether the death penalty should be applied.

I wouldn't.  I'm all in favour of self-defense.  I am *not* in favour of 
revenge.  And giving the victims a say means letting the victims choose 
revenge, which is to say it means letting them choose death.  In a culture 
that already lets people choose death in cases of abortion, etc., I guess 
it isn't a big stretch to permit these other choices as well.  But still.

And this is *before* we get to the question of mistaken convictions etc.

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