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TreasonousBastard

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5. Justice you say? Plato probably wasn't the first to think about it...

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 09:01 PM

Jan 2012

maybe just the first to write some thoughts down. Concepts of justice are central to most religions and ethical systems.

The death penalty? We Quakers gave it up hundreds of years ago, along with other forms of vengeance, and have a view of "justice" that we think much closer to Christ's.

Closure? Quite a few researchers have found that the survivors of the victims do not always feel closure at an execution. It's rather rare, in fact, and often leaves people with something on the order of an empty hole where they thought they would feel closure.

It's simply a vestige of a barbarian past.

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A Question as we move deeper into the 21st Century.... [View all] WCGreen Jan 2012 OP

I think its just becoming part of the post-services, post-industrial zero-jobs economy. leveymg Jan 2012 #1

Gandhi said: An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #2

Exactly my reaction tularetom Jan 2012 #4

This is a good post and poses something rather profound as to TRY and understand just WHY BrendaBrick Jan 2012 #3

Justice you say? Plato probably wasn't the first to think about it... TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #5

It's simply a vestige of a barbarian past. BrendaBrick Jan 2012 #6

Why on earth do we give our "government" the authority to kill us? elehhhhna Jan 2012 #7