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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (2098)	1/22/2001 1:15:25 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I share those exact reasons. That is the liberal platform on the issue (as I've heard it offered).

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (2098)	1/22/2001 1:18:49 AM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

At its very core, government retains power and authority by its willingness and ability to kill. Ostensibly in the defense of its citizenry, but of course, there may be other motivations as well. It has always been so. Always. Government is, in the main, a poor place to look to for example.

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (2098)	1/22/2001 12:03:49 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I agree with you on the death penalty. Another factor is the inconsistency with which it is applied. It is essentially a rigged lottery. I don't like death being dealt by the state in a lottery rigged by economics, and other factors. It is rigged. And irrevocable. I wouldn't mind the irrevocable part so much if every time somebody was found to have been unjustly executed, all those involved in the process that killed him were executed. I figure they'd have all signed a contract agreeing to this arrangement so won't complain. And look at the company we keep. It doesn't fill one with pride. While the death penalty has been abolished in Canada, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, France, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Costa Rica, Sweden, the UK and many others.... It is retained in AFGHANISTAN ALGERIA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARMENIA BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELIZE BENIN BOTSWANA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMEROON CHAD CHILE CHINA COMOROS CONGO CUBA DOMINICA EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA GABON GHANA GUATEMALA GUINEA GUYANA INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKSTAN KENYA KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAOS LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA MALAWI MALAYSIA MAURITANIA MONGOLIA MOROCCO MYANMAR NIGERIA NORTH KOREA OMAN PAKISTAN PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PHILIPPINES QATAR RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWANDA SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND GRENADINES SAUDI ARABIA SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SOMALIA SOUTH KOREA SUDAN SWAZILAND SYRIA TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKMENISTAN UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UZBEKISTAN VIET NAM YEMEN YUGOSLAVIA (Federal Republic) ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE It looks kind of like a Sesame Street question: "Which of those lists does the United States of America belong on? I really have to turn off this computer. My addiction to SI has flared up again.