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Politics : The Truth About Islam

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To: FJB who wrote (3020)11/15/2006 2:01:20 PM
From: one_less   of 20106
 
"I am down with that concept, but what happens when someone wants to take my life. Do I have to let them, because I can't harm them? That is unacceptable.",

fight or flight is usually recommended. I am not opposed to either, nor am I apposed the taking of life or to losing my own with just cause. I am also for capital punishment and for killing enemies in war. I don't see capital punishment as 'harmful' to society or to the life of the executed. I do, however, see the condition of one's soul as an aspect of life eternal. I have never seen a heinous child raping murdering thief that I can imagine as a good friend and neighbor after so many years in prison. And I can't imagine releasing such a person back into society as a 'healthy' thing for them or others, nor do I see a life in prison for such a person followed by death (which is really just a prolonged death penalty with the added suffering of a life in prison) to be a healthy thing.
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