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Quote by: brien  Perhaps you should reconsider your opinion because it has been shown that the DP doesn't act as a deterrent in cases of murder.
Can you provide an example of such escapes from modern prisons in the last 15 years, or is this merely your opinion as well?
What about Pedophiles? You want to execute them as well? Why stop there? Let's execute wife beaters, child abusers, and the mentally ill. Afterall, one has to be mentally disturbed to murder, to abuse children and to beat their spouses as well, do they not? Let's just execute the dregs of society, right?:rolleyes: |
OK....wasn't expecting that...
First of all, when you said that DP doesn't act as a deterrent in cases of murder, it might be because the culprit is dead...that's the law, right? If someone murders, they should be killed. Let's put it this way...what if someone came into your house in the middle of the night and shot your mom/dad point blank in the head in cold blood? According to your "opinion," this person shouldn't be punished. According to you, DP is too "overreactive." The tables turn when you're the victim, brien. You'd want them punished. If they killed someone you loved, you'd want them dead. That's how millions of people around the world feel, and that's how DP was created. Somebody makes a bad decision, there's going to be consequences. It's OK for justice to win in the end.
Second of all, the mentally ill don't belong with the wife beaters and child abusers. The abusers have a choice whether or not they're going to hurt the people they love. Mentally ill people can't decide. Most of the time, they don't realize what's going on. (That's not an insult towards the mentally ill. DON'T take it as one...) Mental people are controlled by their conditions. We, however are controlled by our minds, our hearts, our souls. It all depends on the decisions you make in life. Bad decisions breed bad consequences. Someone has to learn that sooner or later. That's another reason why the DP was put into place.
My opinion is my opinion. But, it only takes one opinion to change the world...
~Beckah