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rock

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30. Then you're for the DP

Reply to tkmorris (Reply #29)

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 02:40 PM

Sep 2014

A simple "for" would have done the trick and not have been so confusing. You do realize that the DP is power for the government and it means killing the citizens. So you are for the government taking the lives of its citizens. A government that you described as a brutally racist, and authoritarian government (which I completely agree with). I'm not trying to be harsh. Just tell me where I'm going wrong.

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I was ambivalent about the death penalty until the Missouri story today [View all] Recursion Sep 2014 OP

We're not God. None of us merrily Sep 2014 #1

Or we're all God. It works that way, too. But your point is clear. randome Sep 2014 #16

yes, thanks. If we're all God, then none of us should be killing anyone in cold blood. merrily Sep 2014 #17

I prefer no death penalty Kalidurga Sep 2014 #2

That makes a lot of sense get the red out Sep 2014 #7

I have thought about that as well Kalidurga Sep 2014 #31

Even without the DP, our prison industry is the for-profit enforcement wing of a brutally racist and Romulox Sep 2014 #3

Yes, but it cuts down on torture and also on deaths of innocents. merrily Sep 2014 #5

I don't disagree. I just object to the implicit idea that our prison industry Romulox Sep 2014 #8

When the private sector is considered more humane than government, we are merrily Sep 2014 #12

So you want a brutally, racist, and authoritarian government rock Sep 2014 #9

There is no way you got that from what I posted. It's just a ridiculous distortion for the sake of Romulox Sep 2014 #10

Well, I am often wrong so I'll try again. rock Sep 2014 #15

"Removing the DP (while admirable)" tkmorris Sep 2014 #29

Then you're for the DP rock Sep 2014 #30

I'm pretty sure you don't understand him. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #14

And if that weren't enough consider the NC brothers morningfog Sep 2014 #4

Brothers? merrily Sep 2014 #6

Yes, they were two brothers Recursion Sep 2014 #13

DNA evidence cleared two sharp_stick Sep 2014 #18

Thank you. Scalia apologized, of course. merrily Sep 2014 #19

I'm waiting for him sharp_stick Sep 2014 #20

Yes. morningfog Sep 2014 #24

Thanks merrily Sep 2014 #25

A lot of us evolved on that issue over time. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #11

+1 nt Live and Learn Sep 2014 #21

Exactly. Heidi Sep 2014 #22

Evolving is so much better than not being willing or able to change your mind. merrily Sep 2014 #26

Kick! Heidi Sep 2014 #23

I have been against the death penalty since Dead Man Walking. oldandhappy Sep 2014 #27

I've always been against the Death Penalty. Raffi Ella Sep 2014 #28