Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 个月前Do you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up137file-text
arrow-up137message-squareDo you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 个月前message-square92fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 个月前I 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-up2·5 个月前I’ll go one further, I wouldn’t trust any human being to make that decision.
minus-squareAeri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 个月前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.
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.