I have no sympathy for adulterers.
But still he did not deserve to die.

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The Tall Man, Phantasm III

Do you think you are qualified to make that decision?

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I don’t think the lawmakers decided that it would bring the death penalty, and I doubt most people would argue that it should.

But outside a court of law, that’s some seriously-dangerous game he was playing, especially if he knew the nature of that guy whose wife he was messing with.

So “deserve” notwithstanding, he was kinda “asking for it”.

Why would adultery make someone deserving of death? Adultery is not equivalent to murder... or even rape.
It is more a form of dishonesty and breech of contract.
It breaks up relationships and it causes suffering... but nothing so great as death or loss of self-autonomy.

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I can agree with this.

Now given that he was told she was being raped, do you feel he was justified in his actions?

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Jones:- We're going to teach them climbing, abseiling, canoeing, archery, shooting...

Interviewer:- Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible isn't it?

Jones:- I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the range.

Interviewer:- Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?
You're equipping them to become violent killers.

Jones:- Well, you're equipped to be a prostitute but you're not one are you?

If it were rape and not adultery, which he believed it to be at the time of the shooting, then in my opinion execution isn't too harsh a punishment.

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I understand that.
But the net result is still that a guy died who did not deserve to die. That's all I was getting at with that particular line (I can't remember what direction the thread was moving in at that particular time).

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It's ok. I was insuiting about something that I don't believe.

I was questioning whether it was within the scope of any sentient being to decide when another sentient beings life should end.

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I don't think he was protecting as much as he was seeking retribution, he did shoot the guy while he was fleeing.

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