[lbo-talk] Dean: hang 'em high!

Gar Lipow lipowg at sprintmail.com
Tue Jun 17 22:18:34 PDT 2003


On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:01:42 -0400 From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>

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> Gar Lipow wrote:
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>>But if you have captured wrongdoers, and have the resources to
>>imprison them and put them on trial, then killing them or not is a
>>matter of choice; there is no argument from neccesity, no valid
>>lesser evil argument to make. Any killing by a society lessons that
>>society. It hardens and brutalizes that society , makes it more
>>ready to use violence.
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> And how is imprisoning someone for life any less brutal?
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> Doug

Imprisoning someone for life (especially in our harsh system is brutal). But how is imprisonment NOT less harsh than execution - expecially if you are talking, say, the Swedish prison system rahter than our own?



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