4/9/2007 1:23 PM
Pat wrote:
yep, i'm pretty much against the idea of killing to show that killing is wrong. besides this, the death penalty has no positive effects. it doesn't deter, it costs more than imprisonment, and it's not at all clear that someone "deserves" it. the article claims this beheading was "barbaric." this is a good rhetorical device, and perhaps apt, but many people think the death penalty in any form is barbaric (like, you know, all of europe). Reply to this
