| Congressional Representative Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama Gender:  Posts: 2,468 Points: 12,752, Level: 73 | Level up: 76%, 98 Points needed |  |  Quote:
Originally Posted by waitingtables  It doesn't really matter what the person's perception is. It is all about what a society's collective perception is, and that is usually how to best ensure the safety of that society. Life in prison for murder is not cruel and unusaul punishment. |
I assume that was in response to my post. I am merely questioning how the poster whom I responded to can consider the death penalty on a lower moral plane than a form of punishment -- in this case life in prison -- that is perceived as more cruel by the prisoner.
I did not express any opinion at all as to the cruel and unusual aspects of life imprisonment. Right now America spends $700 billion every year on foreign oil. That's our money going overseas when it could be staying here. We have to stop this.
That's why I support the Pickens Plan. Check out the website at www.pickensplan.com. If you like what you see, please join me as a Pickens Plan supporter.
Last edited by CrazyFlamingos; 02-19-2008 at 03:15 PM.
Reason: post was bass akwards
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