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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
Have you ever considered how easy it is for you to say this? You (and everyone reading this) sitting at your computer, possibly enjoying a cup of coffee with absolutely nothing to fear......do we understand true fear? Are you concerned that your government might come kick down your door because of something you posted on a message board? Because of something you said in public? Because of your family name or your religious belief? I seriously doubt it!
At lest consider the thought of you being present as Saddam and the people he directly controlled tortured and killed people. Imagine the screams coming from those who were having holes drilled into their legs and other body parts......and they were the lucky ones!
Look down at the ground and imagine one of your parents, siblings or loved ones screaming in agony. Their blood squirting all over the place and you are there witnessing it, but are powerless to do anything about it.
I respect EVERYONE'S right to say they are totally against the death penalty......because we have the freedom to say say such things. If we fail to understand / appreciate this freedom, then we don't understand how fortunate we (all of us reading this) truly are.
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Nothing he did can make his execution just in my eyes. The death penalty is state instituted "revenge." Revenge is wrong plain and simple.
Say someone killed a loved one of yours, if you found them and got your revenge and personally exacted it- would you feel like a better person? Or would that void that your loved one left be a little bigger?
Revenge isn't fulfilling. It is sour. It takes away a part of your soul.
It seems that in carrying out the death penalty on a killer, you're just adding one more death to a chain of violence. Why not send a message of peace and forgiveness and let someone like that survive instead of upholding the rule of violence?