2007-12-08 08:39:19 · 14 answers · asked by ColorMeHappy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What a foolish notion!
2007-12-08 08:43:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an easy one! It's because killing isn't wrong when it is done by an angry mob in the name of justice (or God, or eugenics, or just because they were bored). Why do you think so few people were ever punished for lynching people in the past? It's because they pulled the Justice card, and went on their angry mob way...that's the America I love...
Seriously, though, it is a completely messed concept, based on an "eye for an eye" mentality that no other civilized nation in the Western world holds onto. It is disgusting, it is archaic, it is wrong, but we hold onto it, because we love punishment....almost as much as we love crime.
2007-12-08 09:00:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not the reason for capital punishment.
The reason is justice.
If I steal a sheep, do I deserve death? That would be injustice.
If I committed a premeditated murder, would a 10-year jail term do? That will also be injustice.
2007-12-08 08:46:53 · answer #3 · answered by flandargo 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Justice. Or to stop them from killing again.
2007-12-08 08:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by Prof Fruitcake 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To keep this from happening http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000722/ai_n14320102 It's a bit difficult to kill anyone else when you're dead.
2007-12-08 08:42:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should we kill you in their place?
2007-12-08 09:05:29 · answer #6 · answered by ChildOfGod_1982 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simple, because we started the killings first, so now we are trying to kill em all so the killings will stop. but they are killing us all. we never thought they too can think, sh*******T
2007-12-08 08:57:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of my favorite bumper stickers.
Capital punishment is sort of the epitome of hypocrisy, isn't it?
"Hey! You can't just kill someone. And to prove that it's wrong, I'm going to essentially duplicate the act that has me all ticked off in the first place..."
Ah, irony. I love it.
2007-12-08 08:43:05 · answer #8 · answered by Reporting is Unchristian *AM* 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
So they wouldn't kill, duh!
EDIT
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they doesn't mean the people who killed (well, they die too) but they as in other people...
2007-12-08 08:43:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't all do that. If you live in the 'Christian' U.S. you do. If you live in another country that doesn't have so many religious nuts, you don't. Australia doesn't have the death penalty.
2007-12-08 10:31:38 · answer #10 · answered by russj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋