On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 08:32 AM, ChrisD(RJ) wrote:
>
> incidentally, i don't think most people favor the death penalty because
> it's deterrent (it's not), although they will sometimes use that
> argument out of embarrassment or as a smoke screen. i think most people
> who favor the death penalty favor it because they think some people
> just plain deserve it.
> ---
> Solzhenitsyn wants to bring it back for Chechen extremists.
huh. could it be they also deserve the gulag? just wondering. :-/
j