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- From: mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz)
- Subject: Re: An End to the Sanctity of Human Life Argument
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- References: <1993Jan02.051512.62323@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 02:41:41 GMT
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- Mike Jones (mjones@fenway.aix.kingston.ibm.com) wrote:
- : mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz) writes:
- : : J H Woodyatt (bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com) wrote:
- : : : rush@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Brian Rush ) writes:
- : : : # Besides, you could look at it in a completely economic way: in societies
- : : : # where capital punishment is executed quickly and consistently for murder
- : : : # the number of murders that are thus prevented by this effective deterent
- : : : # greatly outnumber the number of executions. Even in american, where
- : : : # capital punishment is in reality hardly a fact, the numbers are about
- : : : # equal. Just ask any law enforcement official. I was told directly by
- : : : # Gates' former assistant chief that this is true in LA.
- : : : Aaiiieee!!!
- : : : This guy gets my vote for Most Wiggy Conservative Screwhead on Usenet
- : : : for the month of December.
- : : Riddle me this, batman! How many executions in the US since 1930?
- : : 3500.
- :
- : Very nice, facts at hand. For bonus points, riddle me this: How many of the
- : 3500 were innocent?
- :
-
- A: Do your own research.
-
- My next question is how significant is the argument advanced by the left?
- If 100 murders per year are prevented by fear of ANY kind of retribution
- by the justice system, have we not saved more lives than we have taken?
-
- Lastly, we have had Legal execution by the state and illegal execution
- by the state. The harder it has been to perform executions for the state,
- the the worse violent crime rates increase over time.
-
- For your bonus points, answer the question: Why don't people murder at whim
- in our society? You get the points if you answer "shared societal moral values."
-
- Have a nice day.
-
- : Mike Jones | AIX/ESA Development | mjones@donald.aix.kingston.ibm.com
- :
- : Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches.
- : - Will Rogers
-