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Superb episode, outlining why the death penalty is just morally atrocious.

posted by Hammer House
5/10/2006 5:17:16 PM

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ThizzleWashington : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

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1253 days 23 hours ago...

Ive seen just about every bullshit episode. And this is the only one I disagree with. I also find it hypocritical that penn keeps using the bible as a reference for saying the death penalty is wrong. But in one of the earlier episodes that is actually on the site. They Debunk the whole Bible.

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Wertbag : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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1235 days 18 hours ago...

I just wish the US would make up its mind as to which way it wants to go. Some states have the death penalty while others don't...

There are people who cannot be rehibilitated, who pled guilty to serial or mass murder or who are caught red handed, the type of people for who a court trail is a waste of time as the outcome is a given (barring a killer being allowed to walk on a technicallity). For example Charles Manson. He came up for parole and they listed what he had done in the last year: attacked guards, attacked other prisoners, set fire to his cell, vandalised and abused everyone and everything. Apparently he had to be restrained at his parole hearing as he threatened to attack the hearing board. They asked him the opening question to which he replied "I want to eat your heart".
There is no doubt that this guy is never going to be released, can give nothing of any value to the world, and is in no way sorry for what he has done. He was simply lucky enough to be caught in a state without the death penalty.
You have cannibals, brutal serial killers, people who enjoy raping and torturing innocent children, who show not one hint of regret.
I for one will not shed a tear for the world to be rid of Charles Manson, Ed Gein, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Albert Fish, David Berkowitz...
Complaining that lethal injection may hurt them for a minute before they die is so insanificant when compared to the henious crimes they have commited. Its better than they deserve.

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AmericanPatriot : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

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1225 days 19 hours ago...

>>IS KILLING A PERSON MORALLY WRONG?

If that person is Osama Bin Laden, Hitler, a Mass-murderer then killing that person will accomplish more good than anyone here will accomplish in their entire life.

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AidanMclaren : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

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1183 days 23 hours ago...

I just can't get over how many idiots are on this site...

You morons do realise that a person who is a murderer is usually a person who was brought up in an inappopriate way. I am sick of hearing "Would you kill Adolf Hitler as a child to prevent the future killings he commited". What hypocrites you are!

By the way to the person who said people who commit these acts "monsters". By that logic we are all monsters because to be a human-being is to be a fuckhead in our daily lives we live. We all arrogant and selfish, I don't care who you are.

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blaqsparrow : LVL 3: VP 1.2: said:

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1067 days 3 hours ago...

Agreed, it is wrong to kill another human being.

And if I hear one more dumbass right-winger talk about the high costs of keeping violent criminals in jails, then why don't they do something about the millions of non-violent offenders sitting in jail because of a heroin addiction or the entire prisons worth of people sitting in jail, sucking up money because they had some weed on them? The prisons are built for people that need to be there, you can't kill all the people that should be kept in prisons to make room for all the people that don't belong there. That doesn't make any damn sense. THAT, my friends, is Bullshit.

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AidZ : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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1008 days 15 hours ago...

To all those who complain that lethal injection is inhumane - what about firing squad? Surely a bullet is cheaper, instant, more humane, less degrading (not on public show) and generally more practical?
Dunno bout the rest of you, but if someone told me 'you will die now - pick a way' I'd prefer to go by a sniper rifle shot to my head.

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