Comments on: serving justice or torture? http://mikeypod.com/2006/05/03/execution-or-torture/ Just another WordPress site Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:48:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mikeypod http://mikeypod.com/2006/05/03/execution-or-torture/#comment-195 mikeypod Sat, 06 May 2006 14:44:08 +0000 http://mikeypod.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-content/uploads/WordPress/?p=107#comment-195 GG: It’s easy to get wrapped up in the ideas of vengeance. Something that really opened my eyes was the existence of <a href="http://www.journeyofhope.org/" rel="nofollow">The Journey of Hope</a> a group of victim’s families who oppose the death penalty. If they can find forgiveness. . . GG:
It’s easy to get wrapped up in the ideas of vengeance. Something that really opened my eyes was the existence of The Journey of Hope a group of victim’s families who oppose the death penalty. If they can find forgiveness. . .

]]> By: gayborhood gringo http://mikeypod.com/2006/05/03/execution-or-torture/#comment-194 gayborhood gringo Sat, 06 May 2006 03:21:25 +0000 http://mikeypod.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-content/uploads/WordPress/?p=107#comment-194 i agree with you mikeypod. i don't think it is okay to kill anyone unless it is, as you stated, to protect my life or that of someone else. my earlier statement about being glad we have it was said out of anger. i must say that, no matter how angry i am about something, i would never actually wish death upon anyone. i've said it before, we really are no better than them if we are killing them for killing someone. what kind of message does that convey to people? do we teach our children not to hit someone else by hitting them if they do? but we tend to try to prevent violence with violence. eh, it's a messed up society that we live in. i agree with you mikeypod. i don’t think it is okay to kill anyone unless it is, as you stated, to protect my life or that of someone else.

my earlier statement about being glad we have it was said out of anger. i must say that, no matter how angry i am about something, i would never actually wish death upon anyone. i’ve said it before, we really are no better than them if we are killing them for killing someone. what kind of message does that convey to people? do we teach our children not to hit someone else by hitting them if they do? but we tend to try to prevent violence with violence. eh, it’s a messed up society that we live in.

]]> By: mikeypod http://mikeypod.com/2006/05/03/execution-or-torture/#comment-193 mikeypod Thu, 04 May 2006 04:27:24 +0000 http://mikeypod.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-content/uploads/WordPress/?p=107#comment-193 I have a feeling you have one in mind. :-) I think if I felt my life or someone elses was in immediate danger, but that's about it. Whaddaya got? I have a feeling you have one in mind. :-)

I think if I felt my life or someone elses was in immediate danger, but that’s about it.

Whaddaya got?

]]> By: Laurence Simon http://mikeypod.com/2006/05/03/execution-or-torture/#comment-192 Laurence Simon Thu, 04 May 2006 04:11:48 +0000 http://mikeypod.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-content/uploads/WordPress/?p=107#comment-192 Is there any circumstance under which it is okay or even necessary to kill an individual? Is there any circumstance under which it is okay or even necessary to kill an individual?

]]> By: mikeypod http://mikeypod.com/2006/05/03/execution-or-torture/#comment-191 mikeypod Thu, 04 May 2006 00:05:19 +0000 http://mikeypod.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-content/uploads/WordPress/?p=107#comment-191 my stance is pretty simple, it's not okay to kill people. :-) I know it's not that cut and dry for everyone, but really....the death penalty doesn't stop people from commiting viiolent crimes.... it seems to me that the death penalty just perpetuates the cycle of violence. my stance is pretty simple, it’s not okay to kill people.
:-)

I know it’s not that cut and dry for everyone, but really….the death penalty doesn’t stop people from commiting viiolent crimes…. it seems to me that the death penalty just perpetuates the cycle of violence.

]]> By: The Gayborhood Gringo http://mikeypod.com/2006/05/03/execution-or-torture/#comment-190 The Gayborhood Gringo Wed, 03 May 2006 19:24:02 +0000 http://mikeypod.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-content/uploads/WordPress/?p=107#comment-190 Interesting...I just wish I could figure out what my stance is on the death penalty. I don't like the idea of it, but, when I hear about things like the Hispanic boy down in Spring, TX being beat, sodomized(w/ a metal pole) and left for dead, I am kind of glad we have it. Interesting…I just wish I could figure out what my stance is on the death penalty. I don’t like the idea of it, but, when I hear about things like the Hispanic boy down in Spring, TX being beat, sodomized(w/ a metal pole) and left for dead, I am kind of glad we have it.

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