Quote of the day
Or (in my best The Tick voice) the righteous ass-pounding of justice is kinda icky:
I’m sorry, but those who wring their hands over state executions, while laughing at the idea that prison gang bangs are a convict’s just reward, lose their right to claim human rights as a motivating force for their objection to the death penalty.
Amen. Now, it’s no secret I oppose the death penalty but not for that hippie tree-hugging most folks do. I oppose it because it is disproportionately applied to minorities (specifically the poor). So, my opposition is not due some human rights claim.
May 18th, 2006 at 8:03 am
What happened to the old idea that punishments werent supposed to be pleasant? I dont understand the calls to not execute people because one of the stages of lethal injection causes a slight tingling. Oh no, too painful! It’s supposed to hurt, youre being executed! I think we should just shoot them in the back of the head.
May 18th, 2006 at 8:25 am
Who is it that opposes the death penalty but supports prison rape as just punishment?
May 18th, 2006 at 8:43 am
It sounds like one to me. No one generally opposes punishments because they are (allegedly) disproportionally applied. If we operated on that principle, we’d have to get rid of prisons, too. And fines, and community services, and everything else that a given defendant is less likely to face if he hires a good, expensive lawyer rather than a mediocre, cheap one.
May 18th, 2006 at 9:07 am
I’m generally not in support of the death penalty because I don’t think I can always trust our bumble-everything-else-up government to apply it properly.
Those “End the Death Penalty” supporters can expect my unwavering support, however, the moment the term “Life” is struck from our justice system.
What is “life”? is it 40 years? Thirty? How about 30 years with a 10 of them off for good behavior, and an additional 25% off for overcrowding? WTF?
Yea, it gives another twist to the phrase “truth in sentencing laws”, but I’ll support ending death penalty when people are getting 99 years instead of “Life”.
May 18th, 2006 at 9:50 am
“I oppose it because it is disproportionately applied to minorities (specifically the poor). ”
That is a human rights claim.