https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-court-sentences-9-people-death-drug-trafficking-2024-01-22/#:~:text=Reuters%20could%20not%20immediately%20reach,amphetamine%20face%20the%20death%20penalty.

i'm for it for the big drug lords like this. my friend is from vietnam and they said the crime/drugs use here is really bad in comparison. only thing they said is better is the police in the states don't bribe like the vietnam police do lol

with that said, i live a bit outside of Seattle. so not really the fairest city to judge drug use vs the entire US

This post was edited by ChocolateCoveredGummyBears on Jan 24 2024 09:57pm

i've asked this before, and it's still openly addressed, but i'm hoping to see direct response from the "pro-life" group specifically.
what is the moral argument to allow capital punishment, but not abortion, from a perspective of "pro-life"?

i'll explain how it appears to me in this specific aspect through a story that will have dual meaning here.
*Lamb to the Slaughter*

1.
you likely hear this line used in a way that doesn't come from the story, but you likely already understand the point i'm making just by reading the line. it's common-place use is quite literal.
sheep don't need to be blind to find their way to their own slaughter.

what's scary about capital punishment, is how much more it gets used and abused when it becomes appealing to the public.
you should remember the constitution are laws the "government" needs to follow. not a legal code that the "people" follow.
there really should be extra cautions in mind when relinquishing a government's restraints, they may not exercise that power as you hope when they have affirmation of said power.

2.
https://interestingliterature.com/2023/02/roald-dahl-lamb-to-the-slaughter-summary-analysis/


i'll be blunt, it seems hypocritical to argue "pro-life" and "capital punishment".
granted, not everyone who argues against abortion, will argue "every" instance of abortion. but a lot do.
it appears to be a 2-faced sense of morality where "every life matters", and with the flip of a switch "except them".

this is not a "gotcha", but you better start prepping responses, there's not much time left.

LOL

death penalty shouldn't exist, there should be a tier of human below that of non offenders, one commits a serious offense and a "death sentence" could make them considered non human anymore, forced labor for the rest of their lives so they can contribute to humanity

Whatever you do to your 3e world country laws.
Will not change your country is most criminal on earth.

Thats a clear no for me. Not much else to say about that.

This post was edited by Modulok2405 on Jan 25 2024 04:20am

They shouldn't even have the power to execute anyone.

Wrongful convictions and prosecutorial malfeasance put innocent people on death row. I would never countenance killing an occasional innocent person just so the truly guilty get what we think is coming to them.