[kj] OT: Tookie and Arnie

[gingoblin at easynet.co.uk]

At 21:09 13/12/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>the basis of our conclusion will no doubt depend on the origins of our
>morality -

Ha ha, tell me about it mate!  I learnt my 
don't-waste-time-arguing-on-the-internet lesson long ago (I keep 
forgetting, hence writing more bollocks like this!)

I see where yer coming from, but as is always the case, I think I'd prefer 
to continue being alive here than take a faster/unwanted/possibly 
unwarranted journey to see-what's-on-the-other-side. I s'pose 'cos I think 
there's nothing! I hope I'm proven wrong :-)  (not hell though!)

There's just something I find incredibly chilling and sickening about the 
death penalty. Anyone here seen 14 Days In May?



>how many athiests are judging this based on judea christian
>beliefs ; ).
>How would a buddhist for example view this? is it karma and is death
>not simply a door?  So would there be any problem?
>Why, i wonder, do we see death in the way we do? i dont know the
>answer but i find it more interesting than falling back on pre set
>opinions to suit a type...but i guess thats what i like.
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> > Believe me Pat, I've thought about this... I'd want to kill them, pure and
> > simple. But that would be an emotional reaction, and I think that stuff
> > like the death penalty needs a more objective view. I really fail to see
> > any decent argument for it, and mostly it just ends up being more like a
> > revenge-killing, sanctioned by the State (the very ones who say it's wrong
> > to kill... well, in most cases).
> > Dave in Edinburgh
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