David,
I have a lot of trouble understanding your statement below. It seems to be
in support of the death penalty, although you don't say that explicitly.
>What if it's not revenge, but rather the most effective method of
>preventing
>a person from repeating whatever crime it was they commited?
I suppose I just don't see how killing someone is more effective than
locking them up. McVeigh would not have escaped, and he would not have
repeated his actions. Anyone who saw the coverage of the event would know
that many, if not a majority, of the people who witnessed his execution and
supported it supported it for vengeful reasons. I remember staring at a
wall for an hour because I was shocked at how much anger and cruelty these
people had for him. I suppose that that reaction was more a reaction from
the woman and the human that I am and less as the philosopher that I am, but
because the philosopher in me has a lot of its purpose in soothing the woman
in me, I began to philosophize it. If we haven't got off this subject in a
few days, perhaps I'll post them.
>From: "David Scarlett" <dscarlett@optushome.com.au>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
>Subject: Re: MD Real Libertarians Please Stand Up
>Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:09:04 +1000
>
>"killer blade " wrote:
> >
> > Now I don't support the actions of the likes of
> > Timonty McVeigh but it is clear that he should not
> > have been executed, because he was a
> > SOURCE OF THOUGHT.
> > For society to grow and prosper we must heed
> > PIrsig's ideas and evolve beyond archaic ideas
> > of revenge as a means of justice
>
>What if it's not revenge, but rather the most effective method of
>preventing
>a person from repeating whatever crime it was they commited?
>
>
>
>
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