Hi All
this seems to be a very personal question for everyone, our own moral
beliefs come to the fore, for me the notion of a death penalty is abhorrent,
not because it is the end of a source of ideas, but I simply don't believe
in the "eye for an eye", kind of reaction, neither am I some kind of liberal
who believes that we should not punish those who have committed crimes.
I would rather see a loss of liberty, or even like Phaedrus a loss of self.
One thing which has always confused me or at least strikes me as being
hugely hypocritical, is that those religions/individuals who believe in the
afterlife, seem to be the ones most vehemently condoning the death penalty,
why???... surely if they believe we are eternal, and there is a heaven, why
should murder be seen as anything other than "helping" someone into the next
level of life, it's a ridiculous situation, you can't believe in heaven and
then say you should die because you have sent someone to heaven......
Obviously I don't believe in an afterlife
Rod
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