One of these things is not like the other one

[Michael Bailey]

 rich wrote:
> we all understand the problem will always lay in implementation. my
> point was that its very hard to make a blanket statement yea/nay for
> capital punishment.

I'd never get on the jury, because I'd make such a statement.
As a rule, I'm not for it.
Is it my main issue - well, no.
I have a preference about it.

But there are a lot of considerations to consider:

Am I glad Ted Bundy is not alive - well maybe not glad about that, but
glad that he isn't in a position to escape anyway.
Do I think there ought to be a better way? Sure.
Do I know exactly what that is? No.

But like non-violence in general, it seems to me the best idea is to
make a commitment and then work out the details.

Anybody watching Dexter?  It's real popular among my co-workers.
It's surprisingly easy to watch and I catch myself failing to quickly
think thoughts in accordance with my beliefs when he drops somebody
who "richly deserves killing" if that is admissible within your belief
system.



"Such regulations may, no doubt, be considered as in some respects a
violation of natural liberty. But those exertions of the natural
liberty of a few individuals, which might endanger the security of the
whole society, are, and ought to be, restrained by the laws of all
governments, of the most free as well as of the most despotical." -
Adam Smith