Look, society today does not follow the old rules. That is why we don't do several of the things that seem like good ideas at the time, or are selfish to the point of severely harming those around us. Yes, we are all human. Homo Sapiens. The result of a retarded frog-squirrel having buttsex with five monkeys (thank you, Mrs. Garrison).
However, we should make a distinction from the "human" species and the "human" persona.
The human species is a great ape. A fantastic one, in fact. It has developed the most advanced tools on the planet, and uses them to achieve dominant status over all other creatures (except mosquitoes, which we still have not managed to effectively kill).
The human persona is a great ape, but doesn't think it is. We consider ourselves to be more than mere animals, and so we give ourselves rules and laws that prevent us from doing random stuff, because prevention is the better part of high society. It is the human persona that creates music, art, and slang terms for genitals.
It is the human persona, our everyday society, which is not reflected in madmen. To "human" society, they are monsters. They are still part of the human race, but they're not running. Homo Sapiens, Monster.
Now, working my way up the board... Am I the only person who finds "good luck in your debate" to be an unusual comment? This is a discussion, not a war.
Up again... Are the victims going to be any less bitter if they see the person who caused them so much pain working on the road outside their neighborhood? Are they going to get more satisfaction from seeing the person that damaged them in such a way living his life as an average Joe, working an honest job for his clothes and food? Are they going to feel safe and content in their life when they drive over that road, knowing that that someone helped in making it? I'm sorry, but I'm having a hard time seeing that.
Regardless of how safe the system might actually be, you will never be able to shake the worrying thought that they will escape.
Up some more... I would like to reiterate, once and for all, if an innocent person is executed it is not because there is a death penalty. It is because the legal system screwed up and sent an innocent person to a wrongful judgment. It has absolutely nothing to do with what happens after a person has been sentenced.
And furthermore, the argument about how a life sentence gives innocents a chance at redeeming themselves. Allow me to clarify something...
A life sentence with ZERO CHANCE of parole means ZERO CHANCE of parole. If it is not zero chance, then there is always a chance that a real criminal will also get out.
Goin' up... People are born pure innocent? I'd like to refrain from sullying this discussion with references to bovine excrement, but that's how I feel about that.
All men (or women) are not created equal. First, you take simple genetics, the building blocks of every living thing in the known universe. Sometimes you get a good combination, sometimes you don't. But more importantly, sometimes you get a mutation.
Sometimes you get someone who just didn't have his or her building blocks stacked correctly due to a random mutation. There's not a whole lot you can do to prevent it, there's nothing you can do to get rid of it. Some people are born different, and different in a way that is horrifying. They are innocent only in the meaning that they have not yet committed a crime.
And no, I don't speak Deutsche. I just know how to say "Scheiße", but that has served me very well.
Okay, that looks like most of the major points since my last post. Unless someone happened to post in the time I spent writing this thing, which is a very probable happening.
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