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Originally posted by Arnabas:
[QB]Dranmek...
Believe it or not, I actually respect your views. I even understand them. Go figure. I DO certainly view all life as sacred, as you do. But I do believe that there are times when we cannot hope to rehabilitate a person. It is sad. I wish I could snap my fingers and make all criminals be filled with remorse for what they had done. I cannot. Locking them up doesn't do much either, except make them more aggressive, frustrated, angry... Then if they are released, who will give them a second chance anyway? If your new neighbour knocked on your door and said that by law, he had to tell you he was a child molester, would you want him near your kid?
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Then simply do not release them,
Anyway there are many schemes that can be followed, to prevent people from re-offending, for example liasing with them when they are released and helping them to get a job etc and training them in prison. It simply requires appropriate government funding, rather than just shoving people out back into the community without the appropriate skills to get a job etc.
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Originally posted by Arnabas:
I respect all life. Really I do. But if some bigger-than-Arnold type guy attacks my wife and I can't fight him off, well, I'd use a gun if I had it and wouldn't feel guilty if he died. I would be SAVING a life (two, probably). And that is what most pro-death penalty people have in their minds: they are defending themselves and loved ones from future harm. How can you fault them for wanting to be safe?
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Because it does not work,
It does not prevent murder. The United States has executed 1000's of people, and yet the murders still go on. yet Europe (which has a lower murder rate) there is no death penalty.