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Originally posted by Yorick:
If freedom is so devalued, and not a cherished gift, which when taken away can be unbearable.... why have so many willingly died in pursuit of it?
The proof is, that many would prefer and have preferred death, than to live without freedom.
My arguments against the death penalty have nothing to do with punishment, fear, retribution or anything to do with the crime. I am not focussing on the problem. Not focussing on a way to deal with the person committing the problem, but focussing on a solution reality of establishing an increased value on human life throughout all society. All humanity.
No death in war, suicide, abortion, euthenasia, death penalty, murder, assassination.
No cases where human hands are justified in taking a human life. Family, friend foe, self, criminal, enemy.
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I'm not quite getting your point here...as it stands I can take it to mean two things
1) You are stating general assumptions about a perfect world. To this I have to say that it is, in a way, insulting. Of course we we all like to live in such a world...such things don't need to be argued...and to bring them up is to imply none of us would want the things you mentioned.
2) You are making a general statement that all of the items you mentioned are wrong and that *anyone* who does not agree with you or commits these acts is immoral. If that is the case please read my earlier arguments. The realities of life cause good ppl to do things they normally wouldn't do...because sometimes "peace" is simply another word for surrender.
There are bad people in this world, and giving in to them would make the world a worse place...not a better one. Further...in a world with no Euthenasia there must first be--imo--a world with out cancer and suffering. An ideal is great, but it is useless without placing it in context of reality.