Subj : Gun Control reasons
To   : The Lizard Master
From : richardw
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 10:28 am

  Re: Gun Control reasons
  By: The Lizard Master to Angus McLeod on Tue Sep 06 2005 03:36 pm

 >  >  > People still kill in Texas.
 >  >
 >  > 1)  Not people who, previously convicted for murder, have already been
 >  >     executed.
 >  >
 >  > 2)  It (death penalty) is supposed to function as a *deterrence* to other
 >  >     would-be murderers.  There may indeed still be murders in Texas, but
 >  >     how many *more* murders would there be if there were no death penalty
 > 
 > I agree with the first one.  And if we were flawless in our convictions (Tex
 > aside this argument), then that would just be great.
 > 
 > There is no proof for the second one.  And I think that would still be so if
 > they fried someone everyday.

I think the second one may be a deterrant, but it's not the deterrant it 
was when people would drag the family down to the county courthouse to 
watch someone be hung by the neck until dead.  We never should have done 
away with PUBLIC executions.

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