Hanging is cruel and unusual. And I'm not sure that capital punishment is appropriate. (I should hasten to point out that I am in favor of the death penalty for serious offenses, such as murder and treason.) Life in prison, more like it.
You would favour a life sentence over a death sentence? Deriving someone of his freedom for 80 years is okay, but putting him out of his misery can't be done?
Hanging is cruel and unusual.
So are child rapists.
And I'm not sure that capital punishment is appropriate.
When do you think it is appropriate?
Lets not get into too much detail here, but the idea of "killing all the paedophiles" is just as fanciful as the idea of "reforming all the paedophiles".
The former is effective, the latter is a joke.
There are pedophiles who can restrain themselves, though. So
all is nonsense.
And it disturbs me that there is a hint that in castigating others, we somehow affirm our moral superiority, when in fact this is not the case. We all live in the same world, and so many of us turn away from the good that we could do instead to pursue our own pleasure.
Moral superiority? More like social safety.
Are you saying there should be no justice for a father and a mother when their child is abused or even killed? Should we just continue to happenly pretend the poor man/woman who did it is
sick in the head and needs all the care he can get?
Trying to heal something so wicked isn't compassion, but a breeding ground for iniquity if you ask me. Showing compassion would mean putting them out of their misery, not prolong it.