07-12-2011, 08:25 PM
Keeping them fed, clothed and medically cared for in a dingy prison cell where they spend 99% of their time each day isn't exactly the royal treatment though. I don't have children but I do have a family I love dearly so I can grasp the need for revenge that victims' families have. However, depriving someone of their freedom for the rest of their natural life is I believe vengence enough. There is no such thing as a civilised, justified killing. Murder is murder is murder, regardless of the who, how, where and why. You've forcibly taken someone's life. Whether it be with needle or clawhammer, you've decided you have the right to end another human being's existence.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe