Why do we kidnap the kidnappers to show that kidnapping is wrong?



>I heard a good one yesterday...
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>'The Republicans are deeply pro-life, but only until you are born.'.
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>>Seen on a bumper sticker just yesterday:
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>>Why do we kill people who kill people to show them that killing people is wrong
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>>>>>I think we're forgetting the victims of those vicious murders. Is justice done for them if their murders live?
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>>>>I guess it depends on your definition of 'justice'. If you believe that kililng somebody brings justice, then you may have a point. I believe however that killing that person brings nothing more than revenge, and I don't equate revenge with justice.
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>>>Well said. And add to it that when the state kills, it does so in the name of its citizens, making us all killers, not something I want to be.
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>>>Tamar

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