tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post4184891624987845772..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: We Need to Stop Executing PeoplelDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-70733697390256152452011-09-26T10:12:34.487-07:002011-09-26T10:12:34.487-07:00I find it interesting that you mentioned how much ...I find it interesting that you mentioned how much money we spend to kill people, only because I'm very much interested to imagine how much *more* money we spend in keeping them alive for 25-to-life. Overcrowding in prisons is a huge financial burden on the system, and my "tax payer dollars" (as an employee of a police department, I hate that phrase), are going to making sure that some guy who committed some unforgivable crime and is never again going to see the light of day or do anything socially productive or useful for the rest of his long, miserable life, has food, water and clean sheets to sleep on.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I am (at least in theory) opposed to the death penalty, because the end result is more bloodshed when there is too much to begin with. Who are we to exercise dominance over the life of another human? However, I say In Theory, because if it was someone that had harmed my family (and when you consider sexual predators and child molesters, that becomes a very scary notion), my high horse bucks me off as bloodlust boils in my veins.<br /><br />Because for all our talk of a civilized world, in the end we're still animals.<br /><br /><br />Just playing D's advocate :)Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480086826917741770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-86264163161640760292011-09-24T10:19:17.907-07:002011-09-24T10:19:17.907-07:00As a resident of Georgia, I am ashamed. I am a sup...As a resident of Georgia, I am ashamed. I am a supporter of the death penalty, but posturing and political careerism in this country force me, in the interests of my own integrity, to call once again for a complete moratorium. I saw enough "close calls" involving "lost" evidence which wound up exonerating the accused when I lived in Raleigh, and I'm sick of it. This act corrodes the social fabric just as surely as the murder of a cop. Where do I hand in my resignation from the human race?El_Ahrairahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708635430348208165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-79039426236572500522011-09-23T16:39:01.395-07:002011-09-23T16:39:01.395-07:00Exactly right.Exactly right.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079852628674185384noreply@blogger.com