Re: Is the death penalty Extropian?

From: J. R. (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sat Nov 28 1998 - 23:59:15 MST


From: Max More <max@maxmore.com>
>What if the choice is not between death and total personality
>reprogramming? What if a violent criminal is given a choice: Either stay in
>jail for decades (or be executed), or undergo gene therapy or some other
>treatment that gives them better impulse control.

One more option, Max:
Give violent convicted criminals the option to end their own lives with a
drug of their own choice. Who knows, if this option were put in place,
prison populations (of which two thirds consist of convicts with
drug-related offenses, violent and otherwise) might almost disappear in a
year or two.

Love to you and Natasha. --J. R.



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