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Originally Posted by Dezzy

Yeah you're not a bad as someone who's commited a violent act for wanting them murdered too...

We'll do things your way, how about we get rid of prisons and kill everyone instead? They might reoffend so we might as well off everyone with a criminal record and save us the time and bother. That would surely lead to a happy, safe and rosy world for all children wouldn't it?

We can't judge others if we commit violent acts ourselves, it's hypocrtical and it's wrong. The thing that SHOULD seperate civilians from criminals is our morality but where's the morality in torturing and murdering people and calling that justice? We need to be BETTER then the criminals we punish and murder and torture regardless the motivations is not rising above it.

This is all well and good if you see violence, in and of itself, as morally wrong and human beings, irrespective of their actions, as inherently valuable and deserving of rights. But really, in a democracy, it is civilians who have rights, not humans. When people lose their citizenship, they have effectively broken a social contract and lose many of the rights they would have enjoyed as civilians. Under a custodial sentence, it would be a right to vote, freedom of movement and a right not to be held against your will. This is totally fair given that criminals are convicted for violating other people's rights. While I am not in favour of capital punishment, I strongly disagree with and resent the notion that people who advocate the execution of the worst criminals are "just as bad".