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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (124572)9/23/2000 4:55:08 PM
From: TGPTNDR  Read Replies (1) of 1570501
 
Daniel, Re: <Relatively broad political support for capital punishment is one area where the US is somewhat perversely unique>

Wrong -- A study done in England, released last week gave a favorable vote of 90+% for capital punishment when the crimes were described(IE- at least one crime was described that 90%+ of the survey voted yes to the death penalty).

It's all very well and good to ask the question 'Do you favor capitol punishment' -- and get a negative response. Well, hell, I'd rather have an ice cream cone any day than capitol punishment, so clearly I don't favor capitol punishment. It's thing to ask -- for instance -- 'An individual was involved in robbery attempt and found the 5 year old son at home alone. He tortured the son for location of the valuables. When the parents returned he stabbed the parents killing them outright, but the son survived to identify the attacker as a neighbor. Do you think capital punishment is warranted in this case?'

You might still get a negative response. When you start adding in that the sons fingers were smashed with hammer blows you start getting positive responses, and the more you describe the fictitious crime the more positive the results become for capital punnishment.

When you describe the crime as 'and he downgraded, then upgraded, then the company pre-announced crappy earnings -- all in two weeks, I think the vote for capital punishment would surely increase ;].

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