Heh. Humans are all primitive. Women like tall men. Why? Because tall men can see further to find prey for hunting in a hunting and gathering situation. In our modern world, we don't have to worry about food (well, most of us), and added height really is no longer as handy as it used to be. Yet women still like tall men. I guess it's the same deal w/vengeance.

It's not vengeance Torvald. I don't want to see him tortured, just made dead before he can infect others.

I always figured it was because shorter guys like me just didn't look as imposing. :p2:

For me being against death penalty is making NO exceptions. No matter what were the circumstances. What is more I wouldn't call him an animal-as far as I know even animals are not a cruel as humans. I would also not rely death penalty on the doubt of guilt or not. Tribesman: what you suggest is just cutting a hand for stealing, cutting the tongue for lying(this form of verb is probably wrong but u know what i mean). Simply it won't do. We would have to many invalids. Personally: the more cruel ways of punishing we make the more similar to "them" we become. The only difference is the so-called "law" that "allows" us to kill them and forbides them to kill us.

Let's take bloody revenge! :yeah:

At least that'S what this thread smells like.

:hmmm: Determination not only is something different than emotional arousal and rage. Determination even has the absence of emotional arousal as a precondition.

Obviously kranz you have never owned a cat. :)

yeah, actually I haven't but once I had my leg "raped" by a dog:wah:

August: you know, whenever I hear someone say "Well, killing a murderer won't bring back the victim(s)" I always counter with "please list all the murderers that killed again after being executed."

Appended to the above: when I say "murderer," I mean someone we know w/absolute certainty IS a murderer (like the guy who sparked this thread).

Btw, his execution date has been set for March 18th. He opted for, strangely enough, the electric chair!!! I guess we'll get some of our bloody vengeance, then, as that is almost certainly a really nasty way to go.

yeah that's well fcked up. But actually according to this latest issues with lethal injection there is no good method. We can only imagine what happens after the shot and so on but those who were opposing d.penalty raised the question of possible pain inflicted. For me it's just crazy that you are able to decide how you want to die...:nope:

Exactamundo my friend! My only real objection to the DP is it's use when the guilt of the accused is less than 100% certain (hence my lack of objections in this case).

Well...actually...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_asphyxiation

They could actually do that to a guy while he's sleeping while not telling him it's going to happen that particular night. He'll probably think he's having a weird dream before nothingness/whatever comes...

Oh, yes indeed!! I keep reading of death penalty cases where there was prosecutor misconduct or something else screwed up about the case in question. Also, there's also some rather obvious demographic disparities in who it's applied to. The only white millionaire I know of who was sentenced to death (Joseph Capano?) was able to get off death row.

That aside, don't do the crime if you can't do the time. Or pay the ultimate price, as the case may be.