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DaveJ

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4. It's not victims of the death penalty that concern me.

Reply to Nanjing to Seoul (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 08:39 AM

Mar 2013

I'm not against the death penalty due to its severity. Rather, I could never employ someone to kill others who have been captured and are no longer a threat to the innocent. Killing caged people is pointless and, imo, damaging to general welfare.

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Being against the dp means being against it in EVERY SINGLE case cali Mar 2013 #1

You can be against something Tien1985 Mar 2013 #2

False equivelancy... Javaman Mar 2013 #6

Different story Tien1985 Mar 2013 #11

I stand corrected. Javaman Mar 2013 #14

With respect, that's the kind of absolutism that cost Michael Dukakis the Presidency. Xipe Totec Mar 2013 #3

Sometimes standing by your principles is enlightenment Mar 2013 #9

He probably could have Tien1985 Mar 2013 #13

It's not victims of the death penalty that concern me. DaveJ Mar 2013 #4

China's one child law no1dolo Mar 2013 #5

Psychopaths happen everywhere get the red out Mar 2013 #7

At minimum, hard labor in the winter prisons in Gansu. At maximum, lethal injection in Kunming Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2013 #15

I can't stand the world alcibiades_mystery Mar 2013 #8

This should be posted in Jilin Province local news. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #10

His days are numbered now. jsr Mar 2013 #12