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About LinkBacksThey were despatched into eternity as an act of war - not the death penalty under civil law.Originally Posted by Bogwarrior
They were despatched into eternity as an act of war - not the death penalty under civil law.
"I hereby declare that the Continuity Executive and the Continuity Army Council are the lawful Executive and Army Council respectively of the Irish Republican Army, and that the governmental authority, delegated in the Proclamation of 1938, now resides in the Continuity Army Council, and its lawful successors."
Comdt. General Thomas Maguire
That is also a barbaric punishment.
"I hereby declare that the Continuity Executive and the Continuity Army Council are the lawful Executive and Army Council respectively of the Irish Republican Army, and that the governmental authority, delegated in the Proclamation of 1938, now resides in the Continuity Army Council, and its lawful successors."
Comdt. General Thomas Maguire
I think that amounts to torture.
"I hereby declare that the Continuity Executive and the Continuity Army Council are the lawful Executive and Army Council respectively of the Irish Republican Army, and that the governmental authority, delegated in the Proclamation of 1938, now resides in the Continuity Army Council, and its lawful successors."
Comdt. General Thomas Maguire
The death penalty is probably the most jaded of all debates- the same crap time and time again. For me it goes back to the idea that many of our political beliefs are not held on rational grounds:mostly they are prejudices or assertions dressed up in rational clothing. It is no more rational to oppose the death penalty than it is to support it.
The political establishment lacks both vision and courage.
I actually did my LC Religion project on this, so here's what I found out. . .
The death penalty in the United States is...
1. Inherently racist
2. Sexist
3. Biased against those from lower socio-economic backgrounds
4. Cruel - lethal injection has not been proved to be a clean death. In fact, many who are given the injection, including that Tookie Williams fella, sqeam about in contorted pain for fifteen to twenty minutes, unable to express their pain as their muscles have been paralysed.
5. Many innocent people have been sentenced to death.
6. Hanging, traditionally the method of choice in Ireland, can also be a cruel death unless the rope is exactly long enough.
www.nodeathpenalty.org
From a moral viewpoint, the State is a teacher, and when it murders people in the name of society, it teaches violence and revenge. The value of live is also cheapened as something that is forfeitable, which is should not be.
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