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[PEN-L:3907] Re: death penalty for racist beast
On Friday, February 26, 1999 at 08:06:20 (-0800) Jim Devine writes:
>...
>is there anyone else out there who's feeling queasy because (1) if anyone
>does, John William King (and his yet-to-be-tried sidekicks) deserve the
>death penalty but (2) they have a principled opposition to the death penalty?
Pre-meditated murder is wrong. Nobody deserves the death penalty,
because the death penalty --- premeditated murder carried out by the
state --- is a barbaric act with no moral justification whatsoever.
Why, retaining your humanity, and rising above the braying for blood,
should you feel queasy?
Bill
- Thread context:
- [PEN-L:3910] The Vietnam War Era and the Sixties,
Louis Proyect Fri 26 Feb 1999, 20:51 GMT
- [PEN-L:3909] Re: Asia's Model of Development,
Ricardo Duchesne Fri 26 Feb 1999, 20:45 GMT
- [PEN-L:3894] Re: Re: Grassroot competition,
Henry C.K. Liu Fri 26 Feb 1999, 20:40 GMT
- [PEN-L:3908] Re: Re: Re: The Vietnam War Era and the Sixties,
Peter Bohmer Fri 26 Feb 1999, 20:38 GMT
- [PEN-L:3907] Re: death penalty for racist beast,
William S. Lear Fri 26 Feb 1999, 20:29 GMT
- [PEN-L:3906] Papa Doc and the Social ConstructionofRace,
Charles Brown Fri 26 Feb 1999, 20:24 GMT
- [PEN-L:3905] Re: death penalty for racist beast,
Ken Hanly Fri 26 Feb 1999, 20:06 GMT
- [PEN-L:3904] Re: death penalty,
DOUG ORR Fri 26 Feb 1999, 19:53 GMT
- [PEN-L:3902] Re: Re: The Vietnam War Era and the Sixties,
Sam Pawlett Fri 26 Feb 1999, 19:41 GMT
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