Death Promotes Life?
Speaking of humpty-dumptyism, Josh Rosenau* pointed out this curiously overt example to issue from the mouth of Kansas Senator Brownback#
If use of the death penalty is contrary to promoting a culture of life, we need to have a national dialogue and hear both sides of the issue.
Fascinating.
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* Josh Roseanau, "Brownback confused about the 'culture of life' ", Thoughts from Kansas, 3 February 2006.
#The original reference was to another blog entry of the same title.
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on Friday, 10 February 2006 at 01.31
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Actually, there's a good case to be made the death penalty can be protective of life.
Consider, in our free and open society, how many victims a serial killer can do in, over many, many years. Consider the Green River Killer and that guy in the Midwest they recently caught.
Second, consider that just packing a killer off to prison for life doesn't necessarily mean he or she will actually remain in prison until they die. What's more, those who do go to prison for the rest of their life sometimes kill again inside the prison.
Don't get me wrong; I have some strong misgivings about the death penalty because of serious miscarriages of justice that have come to light in recent years. I'm just pointing out that there are worthwhile arguments to be made on both sides of the issue.
on Friday, 10 February 2006 at 01.54
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Yes, indeed, there are arguments to be made, but sensible discussion I think means not saying silly things like "does death promote life", at least without meaning to.
It's a difficult issue, I suppose. I think when I was younger that I was pretty pro death sentencing; now, however, I don't see the point, and I'm inclined to think that lifetime imprisonment is the harsher penalty.