As to the death penalty, I'm in 100% agreement with Thomas Neuburger and as with many others who do not support capital punishment, but as to Thomas' closing statement "But strip them of wealth and send them to live as a muppet on $10,000 a year? That’s a punishment most would support." Indeed, YES! Let them live the life that we the real people live as the punishment certainly fits the crime!
I was educated to be a historian of the American Revolution and early national period. As such I was socialized in graduate school to understand the American Revolution as a conservative “good” revolution and the French Revolution as a radical “bad” revolution. Having been reared in small town America at the end of the postwar boom, it was hard for me to understand how people could march people up to their deaths by guillotine. After the past few decades, I understand now and would have no problem sleeping like a baby after marching our corrupt ruling class to meet their maker.
For what it’s worth, I m against capital punishment.
I've given this a "like" due to the gentleman's honesty, but as to "sleeping like a baby" sorry, I could never wish, want nor desire the death of any human being not matter the crime. In short, I believe we have souls and my greatest desire and challenge is to keep my soul pure.
or not bother with the 10,000 since they are geniuses like John Galt and think we'll starve without them and they can survive just great on their own.
I say let them. Send them to a nice big wilderness region and let them survive and let the rest of us thrive.
As to the death penalty, I'm in 100% agreement with Thomas Neuburger and as with many others who do not support capital punishment, but as to Thomas' closing statement "But strip them of wealth and send them to live as a muppet on $10,000 a year? That’s a punishment most would support." Indeed, YES! Let them live the life that we the real people live as the punishment certainly fits the crime!
I was educated to be a historian of the American Revolution and early national period. As such I was socialized in graduate school to understand the American Revolution as a conservative “good” revolution and the French Revolution as a radical “bad” revolution. Having been reared in small town America at the end of the postwar boom, it was hard for me to understand how people could march people up to their deaths by guillotine. After the past few decades, I understand now and would have no problem sleeping like a baby after marching our corrupt ruling class to meet their maker.
For what it’s worth, I m against capital punishment.
I've given this a "like" due to the gentleman's honesty, but as to "sleeping like a baby" sorry, I could never wish, want nor desire the death of any human being not matter the crime. In short, I believe we have souls and my greatest desire and challenge is to keep my soul pure.