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To: SBerglowe who wrote (31641)	5/8/2000 11:53:00 AM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

agreed on that. on balance,life in Europe is more harmonious probably mostly due to the well developed social safety net. OT, on a tangent: we're also not so prone to incarcerating our citizens. i recently had a look at the imprisonment stats of the US, and i must say they are a frightening testament to a society that seemingly feels it is besieged by criminals that need to be 'put away'. in the same vein, i am very distrustful of the death penalty, which US society seems to deem a necessity. the main, and irrefutable imo, argument against it remains the judicial error. apart from the deeper moral question of the state's right to take a human life. btw, the proponents of the death penalty mostly argue that a high 'economic cost' imposed on crime will lessen its allure. if so, why is violent crime in Europe much less prevalent than in the US even though the economic cost of crime is less? we have no death penalty, and yet, we have far less murders committed. obviously the answers lie not within the system of penalties, but outside it.