Originally Posted by jibber

"sooner or later that sh*t wll probably end up killing someone"? that's the most rediculous thing i've ever heard. why dont you take it a step further. a 17 year old kid caught dealing weed to a few kids in his high school. statistics say it's quite possible that he'll end up dealing harder drugs, which by your logic, means he'll likely end up killing someone down the line. hey, why dont we just kill off all convicted drug dealers, no matter the drug in question on the amount, just to save ourselves the possibility that it could get worse. You can't sentence someone to death because they MIGHT kill someone later on down the road. I do disagree with the death penalty, but there are times when i almost want to rethink my stance. the parole system is a f*cking joke, in canada as well as in the united states. in some cases, a rapist has gotten a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. There should be no or in a situation like rape or murder. you rape someone, or you kill someone, you rot in prison until you die, end of story. you should be given just enough food and medical attention to keep you healthy, but no extras whatsoever.

Originally Posted by jibber

"sooner or later that sh*t wll probably end up killing someone"? that's the most rediculous thing i've ever heard. why dont you take it a step further. a 17 year old kid caught dealing weed to a few kids in his high school. statistics say it's quite possible that he'll end up dealing harder drugs, which by your logic, means he'll likely end up killing someone down the line. hey, why dont we just kill off all convicted drug dealers, no matter the drug in question on the amount, just to save ourselves the possibility that it could get worse. You can't sentence someone to death because they MIGHT kill someone later on down the road. I do disagree with the death penalty, but there are times when i almost want to rethink my stance. the parole system is a f*cking joke, in canada as well as in the united states. in some cases, a rapist has gotten a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. There should be no or in a situation like rape or murder. you rape someone, or you kill someone, you rot in prison until you die, end of story. you should be given just enough food and medical attention to keep you healthy, but no extras whatsoever.

Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

To me, the death penalty is just the epitome of hypocrisy. We're going to punish someone for killing by... killing? It's completely irrational. It only promotes a certain dogma that killing is alright if the offender has gone against your moral views.

As for the drug dealer stuff, drugs and violence would not be linked at all if drugs were legalized, a drug dealer would just be another pharmacist. It would leave all the responsibility of drugs (like not killing yourself) in the hands of the user, where it should be.

Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

To me, the death penalty is just the epitome of hypocrisy. We're going to punish someone for killing by... killing? It's completely irrational. It only promotes a certain dogma that killing is alright if the offender has gone against your moral views.

As for the drug dealer stuff, drugs and violence would not be linked at all if drugs were legalized, a drug dealer would just be another pharmacist. It would leave all the responsibility of drugs (like not killing yourself) in the hands of the user, where it should be.

Originally Posted by half_baked87

HERE MOTHER F*CKING HERE!!

Originally Posted by pastor of muppets

i dont really support the death sentence, but only because i think that humans shouldnt kill other human beings, for whatever reason... however, you cant say that the death penalty doesnt work, it gets rid of that murderer, essentially freeing up space in our jails etc... however morally wrong it is, or however often they get the wrong guy, it does solve the problem