Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoDo you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareDo you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 days agoI think some crimes deserve death, but I just don’t trust the government –any government!– to make that decision.
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoI’ll go one further, I wouldn’t trust any human being to make that decision.
minus-squareAeri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoYeah pretty much this. If you make the death penalty for the “ickiest bad crime” the govt will accuse the people it wants to get rid of by expanding the definition.
I think some crimes deserve death, but I just don’t trust the government –any government!– to make that decision.
I’ll go one further, I wouldn’t trust any human being to make that decision.
Yeah pretty much this. If you make the death penalty for the “ickiest bad crime” the govt will accuse the people it wants to get rid of by expanding the definition.