Not taking sides either way here, but thought I'd just interject since the word Murder is being used rather freely. Murder by definition is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. I'm pretty sure that's right, it's been a while since I had to remember the PC codes. Have fun.
I've never understood how someone could be for the death penalty, but anti-abortion.
Because criminals aren't innocents? Apples and oranges.
We have many people who have been released from our prisons, many of whom were on death row because they were found to falsely convicted. Until we can devise a system that can gurantee without failure that no person will be falsely convicted of a crime punishible by death, then I believe the death penalty should be abolished. Apples/apples. Oranges/oranges.
I've never understood how someone could be for the death penalty, but anti-abortion.
Because criminals aren't innocents? Apples and oranges.
Is it really that black and white for you? I would have thought that if you really believe that it is wrong to kill a fetus, it is because it is wrong to kill period. Could you explain how it is alright to kill in one situation and not another? How does morality work in these different situations? Is it OK to kill a criminal in order to extract a measure of revenge, while it is not OK for a woman to terminate a fetus. Many don't see the difference. Is killing OK or not? That is the question. As soon as we start to justify it in some areas while condemning it in others... we are heading down that slippery slope.
I've never understood how someone could be for the death penalty, but anti-abortion.
Because criminals aren't innocents? Apples and oranges.
Is it really that black and white for you? I would have thought that if you really believe that it is wrong to kill a fetus, it is because it is wrong to kill period. Could you explain how it is alright to kill in one situation and not another? How does morality work in these different situations? Is it OK to kill a criminal in order to extract a measure of revenge, while it is not OK for a woman to terminate a fetus. Many don't see the difference. Is killing OK or not? That is the question. As soon as we start to justify it in some areas while condemning it in others... we are heading down that slippery slope.
If a corporation is found guilty of killing a human being, should the corporation not also bne killed, if you are in favor of the death penalty?
I've never understood how someone could be for the death penalty, but anti-abortion.
Because criminals aren't innocents? Apples and oranges.
We have many people who have been released from our prisons, many of whom were on death row because they were found to falsely convicted. Until we can devise a system that can gurantee without failure that no person will be falsely convicted of a crime punishible by death, then I believe the death penalty should be abolished. Apples/apples. Oranges/oranges.
I also think that people that are wrongfully put in prison should be able to get some sort of recourse. I mean how it is now, sorry you were locked up for 25 years, good luck.
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