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Old 03-04-2008, 09:33 AM   #23 (permalink)
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I don't feel sorry for them. And it is society's responsibility to deal with it's screw ups. I don't know why we have so many prisoners in jail in this country for drug offenses. If you got the drug offenders out of jail, you would have plenty of room and security for the violent offenders. I just don't think that killing people because we aren't dealing with the problems in our system is a good way to handle things. And the principle that we hold that killing someone is wrong, should extend to all of the people, including the government.
Well, we do have some common ground here. I agree that prisons should be for the real offenders - not someone caught with drugs. However, if you kill someone out of shear cruelty and/or insanity, you have forfeited your right to live.