How a society treats ALL of its citizens even the worst among us says more about how "enlightened" that society is than anything else. As long as a society kills people in cold blood than its soul is still being dominated by its basest instincts.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > On Sep 22, 2011, at 7:32 PM, shanti2218411 wrote: > > > Whether or not Troy Davis is guilty is irrelevant > > to the question of whether executing a human being > > is a legitimate form of punishment. > > The justification for the death penalty rests on > > a # assumptions which include 1) society has the moral right to > > kill human beings for committing a criminal act,2)the criminal > > justice system can administer the death penalty w/o risk of kill- > > ing an innocent person, and 3) in case # 2 is incorrect, the > > death one or more innocent persons is warranted in order to > > preserve society's prerogative to kill human beings for committ- > > ing a criminal act.IMHO a society that make the above assumptions > > is indulging in blood lust which has nothing to do with justice. > > As for #1, a lot of societies don't feel they do > have that right~~the US is increasingly unique and > increasingly isolated in still believing it does. > #2 will always be impossible. We're humans, we err. > All the more reason to abolish it. > And #3 is all the more horrible to imagine in that lightÂ… > what if that one innocent person is your brother, son, > father, etc. > To get a more realistic picture of how seriously isolated > we've become, here is a chilling stat: > > "2011: As of 5 May 2011 executions have been reported in the following 9 > countries during 2011: Bangladesh, China, Iran, North Korea, the Palestinian > Authority, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, UAE, USA." > > http://bit.ly/r6EKo8 > > Great group to be a part of, right? > > I'm sure we'll now hear all sorts of rationales about > damn lies and statistics, etc. Anything to avoid > acknowledging we are increasingly way off the deep > end from what most other countries who have our levels > of prosperity do, increasingly isolated, belligerent > and hostile to anything save our own interests. > > Sal >
