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To: one_less who wrote (783115)	5/2/2014 12:20:32 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 1578129

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To: one_less who wrote (783115)

5/2/2014 6:36:21 PM

From: koan

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You have a very strange mind :>).

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koan: "You don't think executing an innocent person is the crux of the matter??"

one-less: <<no, off topic. The topic is convicted heinous criminals. >>

koan: The topic was capital punishment. So how is it off topic?

Koan: "Should we execute the mentally retarded, the Schizophrenic, the psychotic?"

one-less" Off topic.

The topic was capital punishment, so how is it off topic?

<<In the case of the heinous criminal, execution or life in prison are both death penalties of a sort. That is about all they have in common. Execution is death on an assigned date and life is death in prison on an unassigned date with a prison sentence added on. >

Koan: "Is that how you would feel if you lost a family member?"

Off topic.

koan: same answer

<<How is justice served in each of these two options according to the given criteria. "When an injustice has occurred we should be seeking resolution which is fair and is able to reconcile members of society with the nature of the event."

Then we can say with full confidence, "Justice has been served.">>

koan: You can never say that justice has been served as our understanding of psychology does not permit that!

Justice has been served when the criteria for a just outcome has been met. I can say justice has been served, or not, or to some extent based on the criteria for justice.

Koan: "Sometimes doing the right thing is difficult. You are arguing for barbaric behavior!"

The behavior of heinous criminals is by definition barbaric, exceedingly cruel and brutal toward fellow human beings and with respect to society. Society has no ability to treat a heinous criminal as a fellow member with any level of humanity, because the heinous criminal has placed themselves beyond that realm. The question at hand is how do we resolve heinous events so that society can move on. You have not dealt with that question, you have only attacked me for providing you with the logic of the dilemma.