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From: lesliesethhammond@yahoo.com
"Ermine Todd III" wrote in message
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> "Seth Hammond" wrote in message
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>>
>> "kompressor" wrote in message
>> news:eFLCh.332686$jd2.168559@fe09.news.easynews.com...
>>> Seth Hammond wrote:
>>>> "kompressor" wrote in message
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>>>>> Seth Hammond wrote:
>>>>>> "kompressor" wrote in message
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>>>>>>> Larry (Scratch) wrote:
>>>>>>>> Rat Patrol wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In article ,
>>>>>>>>>> Larry in AZ wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I've always supported Israel, but for practical reasons, not
>>>>>>>>>>> superstitious...
>>>>>>>>>> And the religious right supports Israel for religious reasons.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Oh no!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We can't have that!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Outlaw it now!
>>>>>>>> the fascists, socialists and communists are trying.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So true, so true...
>>>>>> Er, reason and belief don't belong in the same sentence....
>>>>>>
>>>>> You "believe" in capital punishment for murder, or reason that it is a
>>>>> deterrent?
>>>>
>>>> I reason that it has had *perfect* deterrent effect.(100%)
>>>
>>> I BELIEVE you are correct!
>>>
>>> See how that works, both seamlessly integrated - reason and belief.
>>
>> If you were a reasonable man you wouldn't have to "believe". I could
>> have also been wrong, so your belief would be misplaced.
>>
>> Not that you know it, but I AM correct. Not ONE criminal given capital
>> punishment has killed again....
>>
>> No punishment given for any crime ever has been more efficient. What a
>> recidivism record, eh wot?
>
> You simplify the situation too much. There are instances of people being
> convicted and then killed for the crime of murder (thereby supposedly
> ending the murders and any need for further investigation) and then later
> it turns out that the because the wrong person was killed, the other
> murders continued. It's conceivable that sometimes the person wrongly
> convicted had information that actually could have been used to find the
> true killer. There have also been numerous instances where someone was
> killed and their relatives and friends then started killing thereby
> increasing the number of murders.
You complicate the situation too much. Exceptions are found to any rule.
The few you mention are statistically insignificant....
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