Commented Sep 26, 2011 at 13:30:01 in Crime
“Here is a comment that I replied to:
“There have been some but You say many... how many??
Would you be as benevolent if the person the perpetrator killed was a relative of yours?”
My reply: There have been 138 innocent people on death row released since 1973, and I will bet that you are still for the death penalty. What on earth does my benevolence have to do with putting, or not, an innocent person to death? Since when has, how you or I feel about something, become a determination of right and wrong? I thought that our intellect not our emotions was how we decide right from wrong. I am a very revengeful person. I love revenge movies, but my intellect will not allow me to go there in reality. If I could be 100% sure that a person was guilty, I would feel like putting them to death, but will never think that the way I feel about it should be allowed to control my intellect. In that it has been shown that being 100% sure is not being accomplished a large amount of the time, I will repeat, how can anyone be for the death penalty? Intellect tells me that it is just wrong to kill anyone. That it is only my desire for revenge that is telling me other wise. I hope that my intellect is always capable of rising above my animal emotions.”
Would you be as benevolent if the person the perpetrator killed was a relative of yours?”
My reply: There have been 138 innocent people on death row released since 1973, and I will bet that you are still for the death penalty. What on earth does my benevolence have to do with putting, or not, an innocent person to death? Since when has, how you or I feel about something, become a determination of right and wrong? I thought that our intellect not our emotions was how we decide right from wrong. I am a very revengeful person. I love revenge movies, but my intellect will not allow me to go there in reality. If I could be 100% sure that a person was guilty, I would feel like putting them to death, but will never think that the way I feel about it should be allowed to control my intellect. In that it has been shown that being 100% sure is not being accomplished a large amount of the time, I will repeat, how can anyone be for the death penalty? Intellect tells me that it is just wrong to kill anyone. That it is only my desire for revenge that is telling me other wise. I hope that my intellect is always capable of rising above my animal emotions.”
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