Thread: Hanging is not a bad thing ..

... for those that deserve it.

There is a lot of PC nonsense surrounding the death penalty.
Morality does not demand that those who commit heinous crimes should not be done away with.

The Iraqis had the good sense to hang Sadam Hussein. And, in the Middle East, there are any number of other deserving candidates. Mubarak, Gaddafi, Assad, Netanyahu, the various Abdullahs, Khamenei and who knows who else.

Only realpolitik intervenes to let them survive. And that is also true in the USA.

In China, the 2nd and 3rd tiers are regularly shot "pour encouragez les autres".

More countries should adopt the Chinese moral code.

I don't want that in my country. Lethal injection is fair enough.

Originally Posted by akphidelt

I don't want that in my country. Lethal injection is fair enough.

The method is largely immaterial if done properly. The candidates are.

In the US they are shielded by their money.

In China, they would be shot.

What exactly does the death penalty acheive though? Lower crime rates? Less cost?

What is the problem that it is supposed to solve?

Originally Posted by Darth Desolas

What exactly does the death penalty acheive though? Lower crime rates? Less cost?

What is the problem that it is supposed to solve?

Justice and peace of mind!

Originally Posted by Darth Desolas

What exactly does the death penalty acheive though? Lower crime rates? Less cost?

What is the problem that it is supposed to solve?

The Iraqis thought it was a good idea. It rid them of a murderer at a less cost than keeping him alive.

Think cost-benefit.

And symbolism.

Cost benefit should be done and actually worked out, not just assumed.

And I don't advocate murder for symbolism. You might, but I think that's immoral.

And I certainly don't want the iraqi justice system to be held up as a paragon of good justice.

Originally Posted by akphidelt

Justice and peace of mind!

Justice isn't revenge.

Peace of mind? Killing people makes you feel better?

Originally Posted by Darth Desolas

Cost benefit should be done and actually worked out, not just assumed.

And I don't advocate murder for symbolism. You might, but I think that's immoral.

And I certainly don't want the iraqi justice system to be held up as a paragon of good justice.

So you would have kept Sadam alive?

As you have kept G W Bush alive?

Originally Posted by Awryly

... for those that deserve it.

There is a lot of PC nonsense surrounding the death penalty.
Morality does not demand that those who commit heinous crimes should not be done away with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Rule