From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 27 2002 - 15:23:42 MST
Hubert wrote:
> Ralph Smigrodzki wrote:
>
>> ### For me, the feeling of righteous satisfaction at having a
>> murderer terminated
>
> Locking a murderer away, so he cannot do any more harm, is not enough
> to satisfy your feelings of revenge? You are in the medicine
> business, aren`t you?
### No, I want death, the ultimate cleanser of sin.
On a more practical note, I could live with the anti-death-penaltists
(should we call them "pro-lifers"?) paying for the indefinite incarceration
of those I deem worthy of being killed. If I am not forced to feed a
murderer, and he is effectively neutralized, I will be satisfied.
Now, how much of your own money would you personally pay to feed murderers
in prisons? Are you going to support your high-minded moral sentiments with
cold, hard cash?
--------
> This kind of righteousness which seems to be linked to the
> playgrounds in our brain structures, where lions and hyaena meet on a
> regular basis and where revenge wins over surviving skills is one
> level of existence we should try to get rid of straight away.
### Why? What's so bad about killing a killer? I see no breach of any
universally accepted ethical principle here?
Rafal
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