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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down14·1 year agoThat’s the sort of non-empathic “some people deserve to die” attitude that keeps the death penalty around.
minus-squareOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down6·1 year agoEmpathy for rapists and murderers is NOT the reason I’m against the death penalty.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11·1 year agoThey’re human beings too. Why are you in the position to say anyone deserves death?
minus-squareOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI am against the death penalty. I do believe some people deserve death. But I also don’t think anyone should have that authority over someone who isn’t a threat. So yeah, I agree that I’m not in a position to say that someone deserves death.
minus-squareSteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down6·edit-21 year agodeleted by creator
That’s the sort of non-empathic “some people deserve to die” attitude that keeps the death penalty around.
Empathy for rapists and murderers is NOT the reason I’m against the death penalty.
They’re human beings too. Why are you in the position to say anyone deserves death?
I am against the death penalty. I do believe some people deserve death. But I also don’t think anyone should have that authority over someone who isn’t a threat.
So yeah, I agree that I’m not in a position to say that someone deserves death.
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