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[john_galt83]

So Saddam Hussein is going to be executed. I've always been against capital punishment, and you know what? Even in this case, I'm still against it. Killing prisoners -- even despotic, dictator prisoners like Saddam -- is not something civilized people should do, and it's certainly not something they should rejoice in. Lock him up and throw

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[aemar]

I'm not dead against capital punishment. I mean I think there's a time and a place and a person for it. ANd I'm not sure if that even makes sense. But for someone like Saddam.. I would rather see him rot in a jail cell and suffer like he's made so many people suffer.. He's the type of person that makes me swear alot. lol and I'm not getting into that right now. lol.

As for prisoners in most of North America... There's no suffering in prisons.. there's education, theirs arts and crafts..theirs outdoor activites.. for god sakes some are treated like their in primary school..spoon fed. That's what pisses me off.. where things like execution should be considered. IF not execution... suffering. I gotta stop talking lol.

[miqhael]

I'm actually undecided as to whether I'm for or against the death penelty.

I always think "Wow, how barbaric and pointless"... but then I think of someone killing a person that I love. And then I could understand where the death penelty comes from and how maybe the only justice would be to kill them. Again, undecided :)

An eye for an eye

[imbarelylegal]

I'm totally against it

Re: An eye for an eye

[aemar]

Poor Backgrounds? As in I killed people but it's because I'm from a poor background so save me now?

I'm not referring to the one who stole a tootsie roll at the local convience store. Yes, I agree with you that people can be "rehabbed" back to society with better social and coping skills than they had before they were thrown in the pen.

But I don't care what "poor background" you were from. Killing and raping each other are acts in which people cannot blame on a poor upbringing. Those are the people I believe should be treated less like humans because they are inhumane. What comes around goes around.

Re: An eye for an eye

[aemar]

lol..what goes around comes around I meant to say lol

Re: An eye for an eye

[moustachios]

What about people who were wrongfully convicted? How do you know everyone you want killed "deserves" it?

[metal_tiara]

I'm torn. On one hand, he was violent and cruel to so many, even his own family were not safe. On the other hand, I wonder if life imprisonment is sufficient and worth the expense.

[godmademe]

Ditto to Bronwyn's comment. All I can add is that what's going to happen is going to happen and we can't do anything about it except hope that the backlash over it will be minimal.