Pampered Prisoners

[All Else Failed]

Air conditioning and cable TV aren't basic rights.

Didn't say they were. I'm referring to the fact that people have the right to be treated humanely.

 

[All Else Failed]

So they should be treated better than they treated their victims?

We are supposed to rise above needless violence. Why sink to their level?

 

[Sneakiecat]

But you implied that they were. Should they be fed? Sure but they don't deserve to live better than a lot of people in the world.

 

[dt3]

We are supposed to rise above needless violence. Why sink to their level?

Because they don't deserve to be on our level.

 

[All Else Failed]

But you implied that they were. Should they be fed? Sure but they don't deserve to live better than a lot of people in the world.

No, I didn't. I said it would be nice for them to have books and the like, not that they NEED to have them.

 

[All Else Failed]

Because they don't deserve to be on our level.

Sooooooooo enact violence towards them if we "think" its ok for the crime they did?

 

[Sneakiecat]

I think air conditioning should be allowed. Leaving prisoners to swelter inside of inhumane conditions isn't right.

That makes it sound like a need, not something that would be nice for them to have.

 

[Sneakiecat]

Sooooooooo enact violence towards them if we "think" its ok for the crime they did?

He never said to be violent towards them (though correct me if I'm wrong if it was implied).

 

[dt3]

Sooooooooo enact violence towards them if we "think" its ok for the crime they did?

I didn't say anything about violence. But I don't think they should be sitting in an air conditioned cell with internet access and cable TV at tax-payer expense.

But since you asked, if they kill someone, then I absolutely do believe that it is our right as a civilized nation to kill them the fuck back!

 

[All Else Failed]

I didn't say anything about violence. But I don't think they should be sitting in an air conditioned cell with internet access and cable TV at tax-payer expense.

But since you asked, if they kill someone, then I absolutely do believe that it is our right as a civilized nation to kill them the fuck back!

I don't think they should have TV's either....



Yeah, lets perpetuate the violence by killing people who kill!

 

[Sneakiecat]

At least they won't kill again.

 

[dt3]

Yeah, lets perpetuate the violence by killing people who kill!

It'll fucking teach them not to do it again!

 

[dt3]

Sooooooooo enact violence towards them if we "think" its ok for the crime they did?

And as far as the death penalty, it's not that we "think" it's ok. But if, after a fair trial, a jury of 12 peers says the death penalty is in order, and it's upheld by a judge who was freely elected by the citizens of the US, and the decision is upheld by Supreme Court Justices who are free of political influence, AND the Governor of the state reviews the case and decides not to grant clemency.......then I am absolutley in favor of ending that person's life. And I don't give a damn if the electric chair catches his hair on fire either.

 

[Sneakiecat]

And I don't give a damn if the electric chair catches his hair on fire either.

They need to bring Old Sparky back.

 

[All Else Failed]

It'll fucking teach them not to do it again!

Gee, I thought we were out of the 17th century.

 

[All Else Failed]

And as far as the death penalty, it's not that we "think" it's ok. But if, after a fair trial, a jury of 12 peers says the death penalty is in order, and it's upheld by a judge who was freely elected by the citizens of the US, and the decision is upheld by Supreme Court Justices who are free of political influence, AND the Governor of the state reviews the case and decides not to grant clemency.......then I am absolutley in favor of ending that person's life. And I don't give a damn if the electric chair catches his hair on fire either.

So you favor a painful death.

 

[dt3]

So you favor a painful death.

I've never heard of someone being murdered politely.

 

[All Else Failed]

I've never heard of someone being murdered politely.

Are you talking about the victim here, or the accused?

 

[dt3]

Are you talking about the victim here, or the accused?

Victims. But by the time they get to the death penalty, they're no longer "the accused", they're "the convicted".

 

[All Else Failed]

My main point is, I think its hypocritical that a law giving/governing body will kill someone....because they killed someone. The old saying is quite true: Two wrongs makes nothing right.