From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun Nov 24 2002 - 18:01:27 MST
In a message dated 11/24/2002 6:27:44 PM Central Standard Time,
avatarpolymorph@hotmail.com writes: A: The US is "Western" as generically
defined. Amongst "Western" countries the US is now I think alone in
practising the death penalty.
Okay, thank you. Basically what you are saying is that you don't stay up
with the death penalty countries enough to know if we are the only one
practising the death penalty or not. Therefore you are practicing something
in the area of an off hand or knee jerk reaction.
I don't know exactly what the basis of your anti death penalty is but
when I listen to those Americans that agree with you I finally come to a view
that they don't take human live as being quite as valuable as a lot of the
death penalty folks.
I think we can agree that human life is an immensely valuable thing.
I for one cannot accept someone deliberately (premeditation) taking a human
life without being ready to reject the murderer totally out of the human
race. Surely you won't insist on lowering the value in which you hold a
human being?
Ron H.
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