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11. clarify this phrase, please - and thanks ZombieHorde

Sat Apr 6, 2013, 12:15 PM

Apr 2013

"Since capital punishment currently requires more resources than life in prison ..."

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My first impression... [View all] rrneck Apr 2013 OP

to ask why one does/feels something, isn't this the question that holds us Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #1

Ain't it the truth. rrneck Apr 2013 #7

The fate of each of us... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #2

Thread win. rrneck Apr 2013 #5

An interesting question discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #9

thanks for posting this Kali Apr 2013 #3

Beggars the imagination doesn't it? rrneck Apr 2013 #4

I agree with what you say about punishment Kali Apr 2013 #6

The burned hand teaches best. rrneck Apr 2013 #8

I'm going to contrast John Stuart Mill with Marque de Sade. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #10

clarify this phrase, please - and thanks ZombieHorde Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #11

When someone is given a death sentence in the US, they are entitled ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #12

I thought that was what you meant ... do you have a link for that? Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #13

This website looks at some indivudual states and the federal government. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #14

I've always found rrneck Apr 2013 #15

It's very unsatisfying to me as we'll ismnotwasm Apr 2013 #16

Both are wrong, imo, and the second is ridiculous. Dash87 Apr 2013 #18

Consider the meat culture in first-world countries. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #19

That's true, but maybe we're all morally wrong for Dash87 Apr 2013 #21

First response - Emotional. Dash87 Apr 2013 #17