Comments on: To Kill a Killer http://atheists.org/blog/2006/04/03/to_kill_a_killer A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mryder66 http://atheists.org/blog/2006/04/03/to_kill_a_killer/comment-page-1#comment-31820 mryder66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31820 Does he deserve to die? Probably. Are we as a society qualified to make that determination objectively? Possibly. Do we know where to draw the line to mete out such punishment justly? Probably not.<br /> <br /> Personally I'm against capital punishment because it is not (and I think cannot) be equitably applied, it's not reversable, and it is arguably ineffective as a deterrent. Does he deserve to die? Probably. Are we as a society qualified to make that determination objectively? Possibly. Do we know where to draw the line to mete out such punishment justly? Probably not.

Personally I’m against capital punishment because it is not (and I think cannot) be equitably applied, it’s not reversable, and it is arguably ineffective as a deterrent.

]]> By: ang6666 http://atheists.org/blog/2006/04/03/to_kill_a_killer/comment-page-1#comment-31821 ang6666 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31821 I have always been pro-death penalty and feel it is not used nearly enough. Which really goes at odds with my liberal side. Does this guy deserve it, yes. Why should he sit there in prison, and find any joy --- any reason to laugh --- again. I have always been pro-death penalty and feel it is not used nearly enough. Which really goes at odds with my liberal side. Does this guy deserve it, yes. Why should he sit there in prison, and find any joy — any reason to laugh — again.

]]> By: reluctantatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2006/04/03/to_kill_a_killer/comment-page-1#comment-31824 reluctantatheist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31824 I am of two minds on this.<br /> I was reading somewhere (probably Ingersoll) that our justice system doesn't rehabilitate - it engages in retribution. <br /> OTH, a mad dog is a danger to 1 & all.<br /> And yet - to a hereafterian, it poses no deterrent whatsoever. It also creates a martyr, that others might emulate. <br /> Rotting in prison is a better answer - for the memory of the masses is fleeting at best.<br /> The would-be martyr would look to a fresher example, rather than 1 decades old, still alive. I am of two minds on this.
I was reading somewhere (probably Ingersoll) that our justice system doesn’t rehabilitate – it engages in retribution.
OTH, a mad dog is a danger to 1 & all.
And yet – to a hereafterian, it poses no deterrent whatsoever. It also creates a martyr, that others might emulate.
Rotting in prison is a better answer – for the memory of the masses is fleeting at best.
The would-be martyr would look to a fresher example, rather than 1 decades old, still alive.

]]> By: imaskeptic http://atheists.org/blog/2006/04/03/to_kill_a_killer/comment-page-1#comment-31825 imaskeptic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31825 i agree with reluctant....they don't care if they die or live, which makes capital punishment a minimal deterrant and hardly a punishment(the virgins await)...let him rot in a christian prison and he'll soon be forgotten....meanwhile 9 american troops were killed yesterday for no reason....war on terror? bullshit i agree with reluctant….they don’t care if they die or live, which makes capital punishment a minimal deterrant and hardly a punishment(the virgins await)…let him rot in a christian prison and he’ll soon be forgotten….meanwhile 9 american troops were killed yesterday for no reason….war on terror? bullshit

]]> By: alexgator1 http://atheists.org/blog/2006/04/03/to_kill_a_killer/comment-page-1#comment-31826 alexgator1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31826 I'm with Ang on this one-the death penalty isn't used enough. My tax payer money pays for these loser bastards to sit in jail for the rest of their lives. What about victim's rights? I know that if someone ever murdered a person I love I would give total support for the death penalty.<br /> Fry the son of a bitch and set an example to other would be faith based murderers. We as a society have got to take a very hard stance on crime and I do believe that if the death penalty was more common it would be a very strong deterrent to commit heinous crimes.<br /> Alex.<br /> I’m with Ang on this one-the death penalty isn’t used enough. My tax payer money pays for these loser bastards to sit in jail for the rest of their lives. What about victim’s rights? I know that if someone ever murdered a person I love I would give total support for the death penalty.
Fry the son of a bitch and set an example to other would be faith based murderers. We as a society have got to take a very hard stance on crime and I do believe that if the death penalty was more common it would be a very strong deterrent to commit heinous crimes.
Alex.

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