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Originally Posted by Tommy  It's wrong. Apart from the innocent lives that are taken, its totally barbaric and as a 21st Civilisation I'm sure we can come up with better crime deterrents than "an eye for an eye".
FAO all the folk that approve of the death penalty:
Do you also agree with acts of punishment such as flogging, or Islamic laws such as having your arms / fingers cut off for stealing? Surely if your route of deterrent by the use of force would allow for such barbaric acts to occur? |
Yes, flogging. For certain things its a good alternative to prison - 6 of the best, with 12 the next time. Nothing like the 500 lashes they give in the Arab nations, I mean just a few (the numbers arent really scaled down in that example). Like a short sharp shock from school (and yes, I wish that were brought back*
*steps back from exploding Can of Worms*
