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10-05-2005, 03:40 PM
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For me I think it would. I don't feel that vengeance is a bad thing though in general. [/ QUOTE ] In general, I don't either -- but the government sets an awfully strange precedent by catering to the vengeance of certain parties. what happens when someone rapes your daughter, he gets out of prison in 15 years, and you kill him? Someone messed with Bob, and he got to watch the perp die on national TV. Someone messed with you, and you had to take matters into your own hands? see what I mean? 
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#22
10-05-2005, 03:42 PM
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Re: Televised execution of criminals
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[ QUOTE ] For me I think it would. I don't feel that vengeance is a bad thing though in general. [/ QUOTE ] In general, I don't either -- but the government sets an awfully strange precedent by catering to the vengeance of certain parties. what happens when someone rapes your daughter, he gets out of prison in 15 years, and you kill him? Someone messed with Bob, and he got to watch the perp die on national TV. Someone messed with you, and you had to take matters into your own hands? see what I mean? [/ QUOTE ] I'm not saying it's good for society in general, but I'd have no moral qualms about killing someone that raped my daughter.
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#23
10-05-2005, 03:42 PM
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Do you watch it? [/ QUOTE ] I dunno. What else is on? I might watch it. But if there was something else on, like a really good episode of MASH, or maybe a Daniel Baldwin movie, or Win Ben Stein's Money, I'd probably watch that instead.
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#24
10-05-2005, 03:44 PM
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I'm not saying it's good for society in general, but I'd have no moral qualms about killing someone that raped my daughter. [/ QUOTE ] I'd have no problem with them being put to death, but I'd prefer a lifetime of suffering. And I'd certainly get no joy in watching them die.
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#25
10-05-2005, 03:46 PM
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Re: Televised execution of criminals
does anyone remember nick berg?? (i think that was his name)
he was the american that was beheaded by terrorists, and they taped and then televised it on al jazeera.. anyway, i saw the video - most brutal, gruesome thing i've ever seen. i felt sick to my stomach the next few days. i never want to watch another person die again.
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#26
10-05-2005, 03:46 PM
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Re: Televised execution of criminals
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[ QUOTE ] I would consider having public executions to be beneficial. [/ QUOTE ] As another level of negative reinforcement, you mean? In the case of something like 9/11, I don't see anything wrong with televising an execution. This guy 'executed' thousands of people, and the media televised that for the better part of the last four years. Tit for tat. [/ QUOTE ] There could be some crime prevention benefits but mostly I meant that I think having the entire judicial process from start to finish open to the public eye is a good thing. Whereas most of the stuff on MTV for instances has no value and is a bad thing.
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#27
10-05-2005, 03:48 PM
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Re: Televised execution of criminals
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[ QUOTE ] does closure need to mean vengeance? (serious question) [/ QUOTE ] For me I think it would. I don't feel that vengeance is a bad thing though in general. [/ QUOTE ] Exactly I'm always baffled why people try to make revenge out to be such a bad thing. IMO revenge is one of the things that makes society possible.
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#28
10-05-2005, 03:49 PM
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Exactly I'm always baffled why people try to make revenge out to be such a bad thing. IMO revenge is one of the things that makes society possible. [/ QUOTE ] Personally I don't think it's a bad thing at all; I just don't think the government should encourage it.
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#29
10-05-2005, 03:49 PM
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I'm not saying it's good for society in general, but I'd have no moral qualms about killing someone that raped my daughter. [/ QUOTE ] In fact, the only thing that might possibly prevent me from doing this would be that my family would lose me. Otherwise, I can say it would be a certainty.
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#30
10-05-2005, 03:50 PM
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Re: Televised execution of criminals
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] does closure need to mean vengeance? (serious question) [/ QUOTE ] For me I think it would. I don't feel that vengeance is a bad thing though in general. [/ QUOTE ] Exactly I'm always baffled why people try to make revenge out to be such a bad thing. IMO revenge is one of the things that makes society possible. [/ QUOTE ] that's interesting. How would you define revenge and how does it make society possible? I can't really think of examples so maybe I'm misunderstanding you...
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