Nostr

I get the impulse, I often feel like we should tie up all these WEF murderers and inject them with MRNA shot after shot until they flat line. But, it goes beyond any individual punishment, while people need to be held to account for their actions to the very end, that doesn't mean we can't find some measure of forgiveness, even under the death penalty. Further, its worth considering the implications of suspending the 8th amendment just because we find it convenient; protecting the rights of those we hate the most is a heavy but necessary responsibility for a society that seeks to protect the rights of all, the majority doesn't usually find themselves in needs of rights because they tend to hold the power.

Marakesh 𓅦 2y ago

I certainly agree that even the most heinous of criminals should be forgiven, but that that doesn't necessarily free them from the consequences of their actions. Does loving our enemies mean that we should not execute them either, even if it is in retribution for murder? The Bible does say that vengeance belongs to God...

I am opposed to executions by the state, in part because I oppose the State's existence, but I haven't ruled out justice being administered by private means in a voluntarist society (perhaps my views are still too primitive to rule out any death penalty 😄).

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Geist 2y ago

I definitely agree that forgiving someone doesn't absolve them of the consequences of their actions, under a system that has a death penalty, then that sentence would still apply. I don't know if we should have a death penalty or not (philosophically), under our current circumstances I think that should be up to the states, with the federal government ensuring that where it does happen it is done with respect to the convictees rights. Its hard to speculate how this applies in a stateless society.