> Yes, they would. They consider capital punishment inhumane. As does every other civilized country on the planet AFAIK apart from our own. Like it or not, we are perceived as barbarians for this reason alone in many parts of the world.
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>I look at it this way - the fact that I've never killed my idiot neighbors is proof enough that the death penalty deters. <s>
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>In some cases, I value how other civilized nations perceive us....but not when it comes to the death penalty. IMO, some of these perceptions are because other countries that also use the death penalty have stricter and more harsh governments - and so there's some guilt-by-assocation going on.
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>When someone commits pre-meditated murder, they are acting out on their complete disregard for a human life...be it Hussein, or the guy who walked into a mini-mart here in Allentown a little while back and shot a clerk to death. Those who kill in this fashion effectively surrender their right to life, and should be put to death.
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Don't you see the irony in that? "You have done the worst thing anyone can do, you have killed another person. So we're going to kill you."