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Or, looking a little closer to home, in Britain, lets say there was a murderer who killed 13 people, could it ever be justified to kill him, would it be morally right to carry out the execution.
Similarly, George Bush ordering the attack on Iraq and Afghanistan; all those civillians who died because of the orders of george bush, dos that not make him the same as Saddum Huesain. Thety bothe gave orders, except for Saddums were to kill specifics, Bush on the other hand knew there would be civillian causalties but he considered them acceptable.
So i ask the question again:
Can Capital Punishment ever be justified in a civilised society?
I'm sorry I'm ruining a perfectly good thread, I'm going.
> Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> How do you give a killer a taste of their own medicine without
> killing them?
>
> Err, perhaps cut a vital organ in a way that he/she can still
> live but be in alot of pain for the rest of their life.
> I don't know if thats possible, just a suggestion.
Sounds like a plan to me.
Therefore, regardless of any level of civilisation, capital punishment is justifiable so long as there are those who refuse to abide by the universally accepted measures of both society and law.
That is not of course to say that it should be done, simply that the argument exists for it to be done.
> How do you give a killer a taste of their own medicine without
> killing them?
Err, perhaps cut a vital organ in a way that he/she can still live but be in alot of pain for the rest of their life.
I don't know if thats possible, just a suggestion.
> Even when someone has killed many many people, I believe the
> capital punishment shouldn't be used, as the person is simply
> killed, and therefore isn't taught a lesson or two, or been
> given a taste of their own medicine first.
How do you give a killer a taste of their own medicine without killing them?
> I do not believe in my heart that capital punishment can ever be
> justified. I believe that it can't be justified because in the
> law and 10 commandments, which some of the law is based around
> it says, thou shall not kill,
So am I right to think you believe killing is wrong for religious reasons?
Even when someone has killed many many people, I believe the capital punishment shouldn't be used, as the person is simply killed, and therefore isn't taught a lesson or two, or been given a taste of their own medicine first.
I think life in prison to make people stew is much better than killing another human being, as then killing someone with capital punishment makes you a killer too, and it would produce guilt in some people.
However, it is barbaric, "Playing God", and can make a martyr of criminals. And it's no better than the deeds of a murderer themself if a government decides to take their life. To make examples of people it is brutal, but if it works as a deterrent, then maybe (If it is obvious that the induvidual cannot be found innocent in the future) it is justified in very serious cases.
There is one time in which it can be justified, if at all, on spies in wartime, to silence them from possibly causing your defeat in a conflict, justified also in the respect that in a war, soldiers on each side are killing each other anyway... though of course, it's much preferable if conflicts are settled with diplomacy!