03-07-2008, 11:09 AM
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| Congressional Representative Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama Gender:  Posts: 2,470 Points: 12,775, Level: 73 | Level up: 82%, 75 Points needed |  |  Quote:
Originally Posted by waitingtables  I don't know how you consider my argument a straw man. I stated that if murder is wrong, it's wrong 100%. Not to mention that our system is so corrupt, it is not applied fairly or equally, and one innocent state sanctioned death is too many. Therefore, the death penalty is wrong. I'm not referring to how these prisoners are held, or cruel and unusual punishment |
I assume you are addressing me. I wish you would use the quote feature so I could be sure.
The straw man came when you implied that I said we should not lock up criminals. Quote:
Originally Posted by waitingtables So crazy, what is your solution? We have to protect society from criminals, how do we do that without locking them up? |
I never said that we should not lock up criminals. And you have yet to address what I actually did say.
Unless you would like to address the extreme cruelty of the 24-hour lock-down policy of the Supermax prisons, I am not going to respond to any more of your posts. Since you are the one that suggested that the Supermax was a more moral option for eliminating the threat represented by extremely dangerous murderers, I would think you would be willing to defend your stance.
The only point that I was ever trying to make is that the extreme isolation and sensory deprivation is a fate more cruel than death.
If you do not want to address that, fine. I am not going to be distracted by arguments from you against ideas that I never put forward in the first place.
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.
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