From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 26 2002 - 08:23:22 MST
Alfio wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, John K Clark wrote:
>
>> As for me quite a number of days has passed since the thought of
>> hugging a murderer has entered my consciousness, forgiving these
>> sadistic beasts is just not very high on my to do list. And I
>> sincerely believe that a 6 or 7 thousand volts at 5 or 6 amps will
>> dramatically improve a child murderer's personality in just a few
>> minutes, after all zero is larger than a negative number.
>>
>> "Alex Ramonsky" <alex@ramonsky.com> wrote:
>>
>>> if you execute them, then you find out twenty years later the guy
>>> you killed was in fact innocent, what do you do then?
>>
>> That's easy, you do nothing as nothing can be done.
>
> Those two statements do not match. One must take responsability for
> his actions.
>
> Ciao,
> Alfio
### For me, the feeling of righteous satisfaction at having a murderer
terminated is worth facing the risk of being terminated myself, as a result
of a wrongful accusation, as long as the relative risk is small enough.
Since well-done DNA testing is 99.9999 accurate (or better), I feel it's
enough, especially if it's associated with additional evidence (security
camera footage, witnesses), and the local cops have no record of any
suspicious activity.
In other words, I am ready to take responsibility for my beliefs, even if it
means being killed.
Rafal
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