Quote from: iluvpie60 on July 11, 2017, 03:19:27 PM

Quote from: merchantofzeny on April 15, 2017, 01:59:30 PM

I'm fine with an occasional execution but the reason why they're rushing these don't seem to be right.

Quote from: MattScott on April 15, 2017, 01:38:31 PM

I support the death penalty. Any liberal laws lead to more crimes. Migrant crisis in Europe also proves it. Only the presence of weapons among the population is holding back a huge amount of crime in the United States. Here you have all the liberalism.

You're in EU? Do all countries there really have unarmed police? I really found that surprising and baffling at the same time. I live in a third world country and none of our police here would be caught dead without a gun. (Whether the gun actually work properly is a different issue.)

Quote from: Daniel91 on April 15, 2017, 01:45:46 PM

Death penalty is very difficult issue, from political side, medical, social, philosophical, religious etc.
In case of war, to defend the nation and people, soldiers can shoot and kill the enemy.
However, what if we are not at war?
Does society have a moral right to apply the principle of an eye for an eye, tooth for tooth, life for life, as in the Old Testament?
In the most countries in the world today, answer is simple no.
They do not want to destroy human life, but to rehabilitate the person and allow repentance and new life.
I think that such way is much more humanistic than death penalty practice today in America.
If someone is too dangerous for society, it is clear that we will not let him out.

I share your views on rehabilitation but there are some people who really wouldn't change, hard that maybe to accept. Or maybe we just haven't found the proper tools. Neurology seem to offer solutions in the future.

For now though, we are stuck with criminals where some may repeat the offense or commit worse crimes later. Provided they were really proven guilty, I'm fine having capital punishment as a final resort, as a last option for really violent offenders. That or keep them locked up and on medications forever.

It depends on which country, but in general a lot of police in European countries do not carry weapons at the lower levels. They have mid level and higher level police units that ar emore specially trained that carry weapons.

Go watch some videos in France or Britain and see how they run away from mobs of people armed with knives, because they are not armed. They are a disgrace in my opinion because how can they protect anyone like that. Might as well not have them if they just run away.

Go watch some videos in France or Britain and see how they run away from mobs of people armed with knives, because they are not armed. They are a disgrace in my opinion..

Oh they did try at one stage in history and this is what happened ..

King Charles I executed for treason - Jan 30, 1649 - HISTORY.com
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-charles-i-executed-for-treason
On this day in History, King Charles I executed for treason on Jan 30, 1649. ... As a leader of the New Model Army in the second English civil war, Cromwell..

Britain and see how they run away from mobs of people..BEST SOLUTION Wink

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Try and hurt us then we will have CIVIL WAR..
And if the peoples win this war because we outnumber them by many fold we will win ..
what do you think we will do to the leaders..

executed for treason Wink

..This BRITISH ISLAND belongs to the people the snooty people think they own it but not in the 21ST CENTURY ..We the people do..

THE WORLD BELONGS TO US..Not kings and queens and politicians BUT THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD..
IT ours..And our future children's PLANET..

And one day we will have a UNIVERSAL INCOME for all..
And then we can tell these lazy snooty twats to pick it up themselves LAZY TWATS..