tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20240123.post5383371928767295890..comments2023-06-09T06:40:05.211-05:00Comments on Or Something Like That: Probably Opening a Can of WormsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20240123.post-47706454533955140962007-05-13T10:27:00.000-05:002007-05-13T10:27:00.000-05:00Allie: I think even for the Nazis or Saddam my opi...Allie: I think even for the Nazis or Saddam my opinion stands. Yes they did horrible things. But I just don't believe in the eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth train of thought. Solitary confinement for life possibly.<BR/><BR/>Foxyness: I think I'd tell them to go read the Count of Monte Cristo. Revenge doesn't provide closure. Forgiveness does.jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216297330449219606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20240123.post-36128603670879245142007-05-10T09:32:00.000-05:002007-05-10T09:32:00.000-05:00I agree with all of the points you made. It doesn...I agree with all of the points you made. It doesn't <I>fix</I> anything, and generally the people who get executed are the ones who can't afford good lawyers. Without a good lawyer, how do we even know for sure they're guilty?Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651755306664865579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20240123.post-92052697931395126002007-05-09T12:30:00.000-05:002007-05-09T12:30:00.000-05:00Congrats on your leap into the unblogged:) Good to...Congrats on your leap into the unblogged:) Good topic to begin with, I would say. Not to be the devil's advocate (okay, a little, but just for fun), what would you say to the family of the innocent victims who want closure and say they could only find it through execution of the criminal? <BR/>Hehe...I'm proud of you...Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12422505195891572640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20240123.post-65073339866906032662007-05-09T12:20:00.000-05:002007-05-09T12:20:00.000-05:00Bold post, nicely done! I agree - it's a slippery...Bold post, nicely done! I agree - it's a slippery slope when our government can legally kill it's citizens.Trish Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038324441006141430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20240123.post-52872086555888725162007-05-09T11:58:00.000-05:002007-05-09T11:58:00.000-05:00Without delving into a lot (as you know I will rar...Without delving into a lot (as you know I will rarely do) at this time I will say that I don't agree with all that you say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20240123.post-55030290363030837372007-05-09T09:29:00.000-05:002007-05-09T09:29:00.000-05:00I agree, but my death penalty views are more that ...I agree, but my death penalty views are more that I feel it's cruel and plain wrong. <BR/><BR/>It's expensive and a waste of manpower, time and legal fees where I'm concerned. I don't know why we don't just do away with the death penalty. <BR/><BR/>Death row inmates are sitting around waiting to die while their cases are exhausted through years of appeals. <BR/><BR/>Death row inmates have no windows, so sense of time (no clocks) and lights are kept ON all the time. It's strange. But, what gets me the most is how much pleasure some get out of these killings. <BR/><BR/>It's an eye for an eye and there is no high moral ground here where I'm concerned. Someone still has to execute these people. <BR/><BR/>I feel it's unlikely that a mistake hasn't ever been made and someone was killed that shouldn't have been. Given that inmates are being proven years and lately, decades later to be innocent--I feel that it's silly to think that this can't happen here.<BR/><BR/>I'm against the death penalty across the board regardless of the crime as I feel it's not our place to judge when someone could loose their life.<BR/><BR/>You can always close the can of worms. It's your blog and your choice about what you do and don't share or discuss.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302775504225829005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20240123.post-25215930464374829782007-05-09T03:00:00.000-05:002007-05-09T03:00:00.000-05:00Sorry to be boring but: I agree. :)One question - ...Sorry to be boring but: I agree. :)<BR/><BR/>One question - what do you think of the death penalty for war crimes? For example, do you think it was just for the Nazis who were convicted in the Nuremberg Trials to be executed? What about Saddam Hussein (because I suspect he is less clearcut than the Nazis)?Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125437682195078847noreply@blogger.com