Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
I think that there are some cases where a death penalty makes sense. I just worry about the error rate in applying it.
That's a very serious thing to mess up. Maybe the benefit of ridding the world of the worst of the worst makes the occasioanal mis application justified. There have been cases for example where the wrong man got the death penalty and it only came out after the execution.
I would not want to be the jury or executioner in those cases.
Sure someone who runs around killing other people (not in self defense) probably deserve to be killed themselves.
It's just as I have said before, I don't hold myself in high enough esteem to make that kind of call myself.
Ferris, you made some great points, and I generally agree with what you are saying.
As far as the stupid stuff I said on TFN back in the day, I just basically maintained that the prequels were awesome, and I flamed people who dissed them.
Since I have realized how close minded and self centered that approach was, and while I do still think the prequels kicked ass, I don't think there is something fundamentally wrong with people who don't.
It's just a matter of opinion.
I think that there are some cases where a death penalty makes sense. I just worry about the error rate in applying it.
That's a very serious thing to mess up. Maybe the benefit of ridding the world of the worst of the worst makes the occasioanal mis application justified. There have been cases for example where the wrong man got the death penalty and it only came out after the execution.
I would not want to be the jury or executioner in those cases.
Sure someone who runs around killing other people (not in self defense) probably deserve to be killed themselves.
It's just as I have said before, I don't hold myself in high enough esteem to make that kind of call myself.
Ferris, you made some great points, and I generally agree with what you are saying.
As far as the stupid stuff I said on TFN back in the day, I just basically maintained that the prequels were awesome, and I flamed people who dissed them.
Since I have realized how close minded and self centered that approach was, and while I do still think the prequels kicked ass, I don't think there is something fundamentally wrong with people who don't.
It's just a matter of opinion.
Good post Gomer (never thought I'd see the day! j/k)
You are right, it is no small matter. The error rate you mentioned would be something very rare. Look how many years it took before they killed McVeigh. It isn't something that rushed, there is a long wait to ensure that these errors don't happen. You said it has happened before that somebody was wrongly given the death penalty. Can you name a specific case? I am not doubting that it is possible, I just don't remember ever hearing about any cases like this. In recent history at least.
If you keep as level headed as your last post Gomer, I think you will find that your popularity as a poster will increase greatly. There is nothing wrong with disagreeing with other members, but there are times to let an opinion be an opinion, and plenty of people here are guilty of holding opinions against others. At the moment we are talking about a very controversial topic, and so far some have stated their disagreement with what has been said and it has still remained a peacful and enjoyable conversation. You don't have to take the oposite side just to hear what somebody might think about something (as you have admited to doing). I completely agreed with ferris that McVeigh deserved the death penalty, but I wanted to know his opinion on the subject, so I just asked him.