Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoDo you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?message-squaremessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up136file-text
arrow-up136message-squareDo you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square96linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoI think some crimes deserve death, but I just don’t trust the government –any government!– to make that decision.
minus-squareAeri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYeah pretty much this. If you make the death penalty for the “ickiest bad crime” the govt will accuse the people it wants to get rid of by expanding the definition.
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI’ll go one further, I wouldn’t trust any human being to make that decision.
I think some crimes deserve death, but I just don’t trust the government –any government!– to make that decision.
Yeah pretty much this. If you make the death penalty for the “ickiest bad crime” the govt will accuse the people it wants to get rid of by expanding the definition.
I’ll go one further, I wouldn’t trust any human being to make that decision.