Re: 232 Americans are murdered using guns for every Briton

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:01:18 +0200, "Frank Bemelman"
<f.bemelmanq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"John Fields" <jfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
news:75qm23lho4qi1i3ot3thm95ec86fg9e95h@xxxxxxxxxx
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:11:42 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The death penalty (right or wrong) only provides vengeance.

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Vengeance aside, it prevents that person from killing again, as
Larkin pointed out.

You don't have to be religious to see the wisdom of 'God gives
and God takes'. And don't hide between the 'argument' that we
are God's instruments and act in His will.

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What a strange thing to say. I've never made that argument and
never will. I believe that every one of us is responsible for
everything we do and will one day find out what we did that was
right and what we did that was wrong.



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JF
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