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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3083005" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>The big hullabaloo is that some of us believe we're better than the scumbag being executed. It's something done out of necessity, not fun, any more than we look forward to putting down our dogs. Screwed up or not, the bad guy is still a human being, and yet some people want to impose upon him things that would be a crime if done to lower life forms.</p><p></p><p>As for what he "deserves," isn't that between him and the Creator? Is that pain, whether physical or psychological, going to make things any better for his victim? Is it going to make <em>him</em> any better in the moments before his life is extinguished? Is it going to improve the humanity of the people carrying out the sentences to have them tormenting some soul for its last moments on Earth?</p><p></p><p>If we're going to have capital punishment, it should be a job to be done, quickly and efficiently. It shouldn't be an outlet for anger or vengeance. There's a reason for blanks in rifles at a firing squad; would you <em>really</em> want to be around the sort of people who would volunteer to inflict torture upon a fellow human being?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3083005, member: 13624"] The big hullabaloo is that some of us believe we're better than the scumbag being executed. It's something done out of necessity, not fun, any more than we look forward to putting down our dogs. Screwed up or not, the bad guy is still a human being, and yet some people want to impose upon him things that would be a crime if done to lower life forms. As for what he "deserves," isn't that between him and the Creator? Is that pain, whether physical or psychological, going to make things any better for his victim? Is it going to make [I]him[/I] any better in the moments before his life is extinguished? Is it going to improve the humanity of the people carrying out the sentences to have them tormenting some soul for its last moments on Earth? If we're going to have capital punishment, it should be a job to be done, quickly and efficiently. It shouldn't be an outlet for anger or vengeance. There's a reason for blanks in rifles at a firing squad; would you [I]really[/I] want to be around the sort of people who would volunteer to inflict torture upon a fellow human being? [/QUOTE]
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