First, two disclaimers:
One, the passive mind reserves the right to re-remember entry themes that he's forgotten about...
Two, although my promise was not to get too morally preachy, sometimes you have to do what's needed.
Does Saddam Hussein deserve the death penalty for those hideous crimes of 1982 he was convicted of? Not to mention everything else he may have done during his years in power? In my opinion, absolutely. Now, without naming who caused the latest uproar, a source claims it is immoral to give him the death penalty because of all the deaths he caused. Why is it immoral? No one should be put to death by premeditated means.
Okay. Then why do we have killings all over the world every day?
Florida (I believe it was) has suspended their execution program because one of their lethal injections went awry. The scene was supposedly gruesome, as it took two injections to kill off the convicted killer. But didn't this person deserve something gruesome after the way he killed off his victims years ago? I mean, didn't they, as well as their families, go through the same mental anguish that anybody would?
I always say that the punishment fits the crime. The system can be too lenient on those who break every law in the book - which explains why the prison system is so overcrowded. Executions may be botched, as nobody's perfect; but for one brief instance, think about the crime committed. Doesn't the killer deserve a taste of his/her own medicine so they can go to the grave with that thought in mind?
I don't advocate a torturous society at all. There shouldn't be ANY killings going on. But in an imperfect world, we have to acknowledge that crimes do happen for ridiculous reasons. Punishments also have to be acknowledged, however. The whole cycle of crime is immoral. Heck, we live in an immoral world. Society is doing what they can to rid the world of the worst criminals. Now, a minority says to turn the other cheek?
That's like turning a blind eye to the problem!
Please, let things turn out as they may. We are not perfect, but in these instances, society is trying to act in the interests of fairness.
And that's still a human virtue... or so I thought.
