[lbo-talk] "Citizen," Concept of was Death penalty

[Carrol Cox]

Shane makes a good point. It has become clear that in building a mass
movement in the U.S. it is essential to make _resident_, not "citizen," the
name of the left constituency. Has someone mentioned the barbarism of
denying convicted felons their rights as citizens.

Carrol

P.S. Chris Sturr is of course right on this; his point about "life without
parole" is particularly important. Some years ago I raised this question
with a RC Sister in a forum on the death penalty, and she actually couldn't
understand what I was talking about. 


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> Behalf Of Shane Mage
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 11:23 AM
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Death penalty (was: Singapore)
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> On Oct 5, 2012, at 9:26 AM, // ravi wrote:
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> > Putting aside utilitarian concerns, the concept of “justice” served
> > by retribution (which I do not understand at all), so on, doesn’t it
> > matter that the death penalty is an act carried out by the state
> > against its citizens?
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> If that was what mattered then wouldn't it be OK if carried out
> against non-citizens (a rather large percentage of US residents)?
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> Shane Mage
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> "L'après-vie, c'est une auberge espagnole. L'on n'y trouve que ce
> qu'on a apporté."
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> Bardo Thodol
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