One third support 'some torture'

[Cyberus]

At first I was shocked by this article, because I am wholeheartedly against this, or any form of physical harm of others. But then it became more of an informative article of how attitudes differ from country to country...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/6063386.stm



Cue predictable bickering involving usual suspects?

[Cyberus]

I don't see it as 'acceptable, providing we attach x,y and z conditions', I see it as wrong. Full stop.

Same goes for the death penalty, even if it is a 'paedo in speedos' or whatever, its wrong. Sure, if I had a child and someone sexually abused him/her I would want revenge, but at that point I couldn't make an objective decision about such things anymore....

[Cyberus]

Agafaster wrote:

I get on the sleeper to Glasgow tonight, and rape your girlfriend and daughter, then murder them slowly.

Why should I not be put to death?

what if you arent the right person?
espousing the death sentence is one thing, but you have to be really really REALLY sure you actually have the perpetrator, and that the perpetrator really did the things he was accused of.

besides, in the belief systems of those who have no god, or promise of afterlife, sentient life is sacrosanct and precious, and who has the right to take away someone elses life?

I couldn't have said this better myself