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Originally Posted by lostalex
The death penalty is not the government "committing murder", it's protecting society from dangerous monsters. That's the government's job, to protect innocent people. That;'s the whole point of having a criminal justice system. What about the rights of society to not be murdered by psychopaths like these people?
If these people are willing to kill their own family members in the name of Islam, it's not a stretch to imagine that they'd do terrorist attacks next against people they don't even know.
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It is murder, it's just murder that is in retribution. As an American, you should know that the death penalty doesn't work. It's not a successful deterrent, in any way, shape or form.
The leap from honour killings to terrorism is vast. Although to the bigoted mind, it probably isn't. The rights of society are protected by locking away the offender, indefinitely.
Murder, is murder, is murder.
I'm no fan of Islam, believe me, but your logic is naive at best, and borderline racist at worst.
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Originally Posted by lostalex
So what? Bronze also belongs in the bronze age, that doesn't mean we should ban bronze.
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It was a reference to the development of society. I'd hope that we have progressed past bronzed-aged morality, or should we push for the re-introduction of human sacrifices, too?
01-02-2012, 03:07 PM
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