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To: epicure who wrote (3918)	3/21/2002 10:15:48 AM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

We are not automatons. When we define certain crimes in the law as "heinous," we are collectively as a society expressing our outrage at those particular offenses. We are collectively expressing our "feelings." IMO, such value judgments are eminently fitting to a society of humans. One of the strongest arguments for the death penalty is that it is the only punishment that is fitting for a person who has taken another's life. Any lesser punishment devalues the worth of a human life. It annoys me greatly that those who rail against the death penalty rarely even know who the victim was, let alone feel any outrage over the theft of that person's life.