Catholicism & Capital Punishment

[qfnol31]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Feb 13 2006, 04:29 PM']So are you suggesting that all inmates be put to death so that no inmates are killed by other inmates?[right][snapback]886208[/snapback][/right]
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Nope. Solely and specifically stating that it is not always cheaper to keep a person alive over execution.

No reason for anymore. It addresses the point made, which needs no further.

[Cow of Shame]

[quote name='avemaria40' date='Feb 13 2006, 03:59 PM']it actually costs less to keep a person alive than to execute them
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[quote name='qfnol31']Nope. Solely and specifically stating that it is not always cheaper to keep a person alive over execution.[/quote]

Riiiight. You're telling me conducting an entire prison out of plastics, creating a specialized system to shuttle guards in and out of the place, 24/7 monitoring for ONE MAN is cheaper than killling him?

Let alone all the other individuals who have mystic-like powers, such as Dr. Doom. How do you safely imprison someone who is able to transfer psionically his consciousness into another nearby human being with whom he's made eye contact? Whatever you come up with is guaranteed to be astronomically expensive.

Arguing that jailing is cheaper than killing them is the height of foolishness! There might be other arguments against the outright slaughter of these criminals, but thus ain't one of 'em, pal.

Shiez! Use your brain, people!

Edited February 14, 2006 by Cow of Shame

[qfnol31]

Are you arguing or agreeing with me?

[Aloysius]

the world may never know.

crunch

good tootsie roll

[qfnol31]

I wanna tootsie pop now!

Thanx a lot.






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[Norseman82]

[quote name='Cow of Shame' date='Feb 13 2006, 01:57 PM']You still haven't proven to me that these super villians can get out of jail without external assistance. 
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The top story in Chicago Sunday was the escape of 6 inmates (including a convicted murderer) from Cook County jail. It turns out one of the guards helped them escape:

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3 were caught (2 only a few miles from me) by Sunday night, but 3 of the escapees ended up hiding out in an apartment with 4-5 small children. Luckily the escapees surrendered without harming the children, otherwise that would have been an ugly hostage situation.

Perfect illustration of one of those "rare" circumstances where there is a gap in non-lethal means.

[Aloysius]

yep, human error will always play a roll in non-lethal means... as such they can never be so absolutely sufficient that the principal of capital punishment can never be used.

[avemaria40]

I am against the death penalty unless there is no other way to protect society. I believe in mercy and turn the other cheek and i believe that, unless it's necessary, the State has no power to end lives.