Chippys_mittens@lemmy.worldBanned from community to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoDo you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?message-squaremessage-square95linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareDo you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?Chippys_mittens@lemmy.worldBanned from community to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square95linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoI think some crimes deserve death, but I just don’t trust the government –any government!– to make that decision.
minus-squareAeri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYeah pretty much this. If you make the death penalty for the “ickiest bad crime” the govt will accuse the people it wants to get rid of by expanding the definition.
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websiteBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’ll go one further, I wouldn’t trust any human being to make that decision.
I think some crimes deserve death, but I just don’t trust the government –any government!– to make that decision.
Yeah pretty much this. If you make the death penalty for the “ickiest bad crime” the govt will accuse the people it wants to get rid of by expanding the definition.
I’ll go one further, I wouldn’t trust any human being to make that decision.