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Originally posted by Silvercord
you're completely missing the point dude...the point is you wouldn't be arguing against the death penalty if I kidnapped, raped, and dismembered your younger sister and then dumped her body parts on your front lawn...
I still wouldn't go for the death penalty... he's right that having the death penalty just says "we say it's wrong to kill, so because you kill, we can kill too..." it goes against the whole "two wrongs don't make a right" ideal everybody's taught as a kid. I would want life in jail for you, but having you dead wouldn't make me feel any better... after the "we're happy we got revenge" feeling is over, you won't feel any better that your sister is dead... and his family will have to deal with the loss too... is that fair that you drag that person's family into it?