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rockinjesusfreak03
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Given the nature of capital punishment in America, it can hardly be called violent. But capital punishment serves to let people know that capital crimes will not be tolerated. |
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diobalikal
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Sure it solves things, the person executed will never kill or harm again will he? |
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hyelife99
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VIOLENCE SOLVES ALOT OF THINGS
it solved one of my problems :)
........self..................
defense............... |
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Biker
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justice |
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iraqisax
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Obviously capital punishment stops the person being executed from committing more crimes. |
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John Hightower
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It ensures that the ciminal will never do it again. |
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rhenry501
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Makes room in the prison for the next group of **** heads. |
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BrutalBaby
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I never said violence doesn't solve anything. If that were true we would be speaking with British accents and sipping tea. :0) |
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Chester's Liver
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Capital punishment isn't violent. Raping, torturing and then killing someone with a brick is. Its simple. Kill a fellow man and you die. Its very basic and very simple. Its anything but violent. |
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Stupid Marxist
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"Violence solves nothing" is a myth. Violence can solve plenty. |
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mike b
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to get rid of garbage |
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tearsofthemoon00
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It stop that person from doing the same thing again. |
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scruffycat
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Capital punishment isn't violent. It's a very peaceful way to die... Capital punishment is simply euthanasia.
Violence is: (according to American Heritage Dictionary)
vi·o·lence (vī'ə-ləns) Pronunciation Key
n.
Physical force exerted for the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing: crimes of violence.
The act or an instance of violent action or behavior.
Intensity or severity, as in natural phenomena; untamed force: the violence of a tornado.
Abusive or unjust exercise of power.
Abuse or injury to meaning, content, or intent: do violence to a text.
Vehemence of feeling or expression; fervor. |
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Libkillah
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A person who has shown the propensity for killing others should be removed from the planet in order to assure that innocent law abiding people are safe to live their lives. I bet you think its OK to abort a baby though huh? |
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goodtimesgladly
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Who says violence doesn't solve anything? It got rid of Hitler and a bunch of other loose-rs like Saddam? |
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POLARIS
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To insure that the animals who commit heinous crimes never have the chance to escape from prison and commit more heinous crimes. Good riddance! |
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Natalie
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Some people no longer deserve their lives or taxpayers' dollars to keep them properly nutritioned and air conditioned, etc. |
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blondie
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their has got to be some law to take the killers ,rapist &robers out of the population or they will keep on doing the crime the biggest mistake is when the stoped the parents from disipilaning there children.and envinted violant vidoe games.it foges there mind and they don,t know what they are doing wrong. |
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TKD540
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Those are two different forms of violence with different intentions. You can not compare the two. Nice try though. |
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Rich F
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Your first statement is flawed. Violence does indeed solve things..permanently.
But the purpose of capitol punishment is simply to remove any further threat posed by that individual. People see no problem with putting a rebid dog to sleep because it can never be "cured"...same theory with serious criminals.. |
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bellatrix27
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who decided that violence doesnt solve anything? there is a difference between killing an innocent person, and killing someone who has committed a crime. the purpose is to deter others by making them afraid of the penalty, and to save the unaffordable amount of money it costs to keep someone living in jail with food, books, tv for 50, 60 years. it keeps the worst criminals from having a wife visit them in jail, from writing books or meeting people in jail who they could influence or inspire. and their deaths are not violent. they get to sit in a nice bed and get some injection and go to sleep. obviously not the nice death their victims probably got. |
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ROBERT L O
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It is just a form of vengeance. It deters or solves nothing. |
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rhamm618
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Actually, it is not violence,
violence is an act against the society, or community prohibited by law.
Force, is an act to right a wrong. So pulling the switch is using extreme force. A cop can wrestle you to the ground to put cuffs on you, that is a force to enforce a law prohibiting an activity, for example. A cop can use a sheild and a weapon, if necessary too, and that is a force to right a wrong.
Death sentence is a force...extreme force used to right and extreme wrong.
Vigilanté Justice is unauthorized force, which is still not violence. |
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freebird
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Wrong premise. Violence does solve things. Otherwise, no-one would use it, not even the bad guys.
We all have clear examples of how violence is deterimental to society, so no need to recount them here. But we tend to forget (somewhat conveniently) cases where violence is a good solution (and therefore does solve something).
For example:
Cops shoot an armed robber
Wars stop despotic dictators (WWII)
Arrests (many of which are violent) get bad guys off the street
Fighting back against a school yard bully
Wars for independence or against slavery (ie American Revolution, Civil War)
So now the Death Penalty decision cannot be based on whether violence CAN solve something, because it can and does. Now the decision is whether the Death Penalty is a form of violence that is beneficial to society. But that's an answer to a different question.
But given that the last person DP'd in California was put to death after organizing the deaths of three people (two teenagers) while serving a life sentence (commuted from a previous DP sentence), I'd say the death penalty serves a purpose. |
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Linkin
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You're assuming that violence doesn't solve anything. Once you understand that's not the case, then you'll have the answer. |
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izzy
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Whoever said that violence doesn't solve anything is denying a very basic fact of life. Violence puts food on the table (hunting & fishing) protects life and property (shooting the armed robber who has a gun in the bank), and accomplishes things that diplomacy cannot (American Independance, Preventing the secession of the Confederate States of America from the union, etc.) |
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karen v
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to show everyone what will happen to you when you commit a crime against someone. |
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Lou B
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You are right, capital punishment doesn't solve anything. It's purpose, therefore, is based upon "Wishful Thinking". Some day, in the future, better, more civilized ways to prevent violence and crime will be found, and it will not be "Capitol Punishment". |
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tina
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I totally agree with you. they contradict themselves i would think they only put to death da people who they cant seem to know how long to put them in prison for.
some crimes, are just aweful and sentencing them for life is too minor a punishment. |
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