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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (432747)	7/24/2003 1:44:30 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

You obviously prefer higher murder rates. I prefer to deter murders. Long live the death penalty.

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (432747)	7/24/2003 3:18:33 PM
From: David R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

RE: Killing to show that killing is wrong ... First off, you can not say "Killing is wrong". You must put a context around the statement or it is meaningless. It is the circumstances of the taking of a life that determines whether it is right or wrong. For example, if an intruder is about to kill my 6 year old, is to wrong for me to to kill him? If I am a policeman and a criminal is shooting at me, is it wrong to kill the criminal? The aforementioned scenarios are justified killing. On the unjustified side, you start with accidental killings and end at premeditated murder. Only the most heinous premeditated murders are candidates for the death penalty. In this scenario, you are not killing to show that killing is wrong. Rather society is putting one to death because they have committed a heinous crime against humanity. Justice is not the same as vengeance.