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Originally Posted by Guinness
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I'm of the opinion that the ability to commit premeditated murder is innate.
People from all walks of life, social upbringing, parental role models etc... have senselessly killed another human being. So I agree with you, there can be no such thing as an effective deterrent for a person who is amoral enough to commit an act as vile as taking a life.
Should murderers be executed? No..its far too humane, after all it's what we do for our sick animals, (and it wont be too long before we can do it to our sick relatives). As evidence I'll cite Gary Gilmore and more recently Anders Brevik who both pretty much begged to be be executed. Gilmore even went to court to select the method of his own destruction.
Should murderers die behind bars? Yes..it appeases my own 'innate' sense of fair play, even though it galls me to have to pay (via taxes) for them, never to have to worry about keeping a roof over their head, never having to worry about putting food on the table, never having to wait for a doctors/specialists appointment, never having to wait in their dementia ridden old age for a carer to pop in for a few minutes to give them their medication and microwaved ready meal.
But then I think, they are never going to spend a drunken friday night with good mates, a sunday walk in the woods with someone special, a drive round the ring of Kerry, a cruise down the nile, xmas with the family etc..etc.. and I really wouldn't mind my taxes being spent on life meaning life..
without the chance of parole..
ever..
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Well I have to admit that I'm a member of the Hang Um Flog um Brigade Guinness, especially for some murderers, like Huntley and Brady, the flaw in the life behind bars is, in today's penal system, its like a lifetime in Butlins. Now if these scumbags were to be made to work, no graft every day and the rest of the time spent in a sell with just the basics like a few books etc. then fine, but they aren't. They have Gameboys, Sky TV, Gym Equipment, Stereo Systems and anything else that makes their useless lives less mundane, they are better of than many of our pensioners who worked all their lives. Our justice system needs overhauling and not by dogooders, and the first change would be making Judges retire at 65 maximum