When I told the way I FEEL, sometimes, when I read about horrible, brutal acts, it was not polemic. It was a description of a feeling I consider human, is all. I sometimes lust in my heart, like Jimmy Carter; but my belief is that I should be faithful to my husband, and I am. I don't think it's contradictory. I mentioned it partly because people do seem to be under the misimpression that if you oppose the death penalty, you don't have the same deep feelings as they do when contemplating evil acts by cruel people
Also, I am not sure how I would feel about the death penalty if it could be administered fairly. I meant to convey that it is possible I would feel differently. No, that it's certain I would feel differently. But I'm not sure where I would come out. There is something about the state killing its citizens....
I think I would vote, still, against the death penalty, but would not feel as strongly as I now do about its application.
Do you see, Del, that it is not being contradictory to describe certain feelings truthfully, at the same time you say why you have a certain position?
Maybe you think the contradictory thing I said was that I might even be capable of killing someone who hurt someone I loved. But that wasn't advocacy. It was a decription of what I see when I imagine such a thing happening and look into my heart. |
