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Originally posted by Melusine:
Yes, but that's you. I don't know what I'd choose. It depends on the crime. I cannot imagine ever committing DP-worthy crimes, but if I had, I'd probably want to die rather than spend the rest of my life thinking about it in jail.
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Yes, but that's you
And like you said, you're probably not the type of person that would commit these sorts of 'crimes' anyway, so you've got nothing to worry about [img]smile.gif[/img] Would you concede that, on the whole, to commit a DP crime you would have to be a somewhat selfish person? And that selfish survival at all costs warrents choosing life imprisonment over death?
The real punishment isn't death, it's the fear instilled by telling people exactly when, where and how they are going to die. Death is just absence of thought and sensation, so it's not so bad. However, the pure, unfettered, state-administered horror in watching your days slowly trickle down to their end whilst confined up in a sterile, unloving cell is very unpleasant indeed. Meeting your death surrounded by people that hate you and think you are vile filth and will be glad when you are gone, is very unpleasant indeed.
Yes it's revenge. Of course it's revenge. But revenge, hatred and vendetta are perfectly viable methods of maintaining social order and control. That said, I hate most methods of social order and control, but I can at least appreciate how they work.