tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post1924524101402958242..comments2024-01-22T01:52:37.473-06:00Comments on RENEGADE TRADS: Let He Who Is Without Sin...A Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083094677310915678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post-50464841799856827032010-06-20T19:02:06.127-05:002010-06-20T19:02:06.127-05:00No, my objection doesn't fail at all. I'm ...No, my objection doesn't fail at all. I'm sure his loved ones would choose to have those decades with him, if only of periodic visitation, and be able to write letters, etc...than to have him die like this.<br /><br />It is "his fault" but that doesn't matter. The family isn't him. Punish him inasmuch as you can. Don't punish them; what is this, "Tale of Two Cities"??<br /><br />You have to balance punishing him with not punishing other innocent people collaterally. Sure, prison may inconvenience the family, but that's unavoidable. This, on the other hand, is totally avoidable. It's hardly a balance as it in effect punishes innocent people MORE than the criminal himself: he dies in a few moments, they have to live with it forever.A Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083094677310915678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post-11420071878824001892010-06-20T18:21:56.398-05:002010-06-20T18:21:56.398-05:00"But to put all of them through the torture o..."But to put all of them through the torture of knowing their loved one was going to die at an appointed hour and that there was nothing they could do about it?"<br /><br />Would it be any better for him to die in a prison infirmary decades from now without the benefit of easy access from his loved ones? His loved ones were able to be with him before he died in large part because it was scheduled. So your objection fails. <br /><br />Yes, the perpetrator's family suffers. That's *his* fault -- he knew what the law and its consequences were and would be for himself and his family. He chose it. He lives -- and dies -- with that. It's his fault. <br /><br />~BonifaciusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post-78457607186247246992010-06-18T19:36:32.895-05:002010-06-18T19:36:32.895-05:00My argument is: if we are to have executions, make...My argument is: if we are to have executions, make them public. None of the arguments for capital punishment make sense without this.Hoanyeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732063732259321761noreply@blogger.com