Sat, 20 May 2006  Disappointed by the verdict for Moussaoui? Did you want the death penalty? Here are our thoughts on the death penalty. Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:33 PM Comments[2] |
Interesting show! In Sweden we abolished the death penalty in 1910, I think. Some people in Sweden wants to reintroduce it, but I think that's wrong. And I wonder how it is possible for the USA (which is said to be the world's foremost democracy) to allow the death penalty in some states. I understand if some "low cultural" countries use the death penalty, but the USA? I think it's barbaric, and like you said in your podcast, that one life taken is enough. There's no need for another mother, father, wife and child to be without son/husband/father. I am also uncertain of what I think about prison sentences. Sure, if the criminal is dangerous (a terrorist, a murderer, a rapist etc), but the CEO of Enron? He is not a danger to other people, as a murderer is for example. There's better ways to punish a CEO for Enron than to put him in jail for the rest of his life, I think.
posted by: Johan Nilsson on Sat, 6/3 08:16 AM EDT
Johan, Thanks for the comment.
The USA may be the "foremost democracy," but it certainly has a very wild and wooly, maybe even "low cultural" and "barbaric" history. That history is an inertia that slows change, but change is being made.
I can think of a better way for the former CEO of Enron to spend his life. He could spend it in service to all those lives he negatively impacted. Great idea!
Robin
The USA may be the "foremost democracy," but it certainly has a very wild and wooly, maybe even "low cultural" and "barbaric" history. That history is an inertia that slows change, but change is being made.
I can think of a better way for the former CEO of Enron to spend his life. He could spend it in service to all those lives he negatively impacted. Great idea!
Robin
posted by: Robin on Sat, 6/3 12:52 PM EDT
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