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originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: nwtrucker
Yes, i am against all capital punishment. Murder is murder, state sanctioned or not.
That being said, you are trying to make a moral argument against my logical argument. It doesn't jive.
Bottom line: if someone has oxycodone and is in a drug addled state, the possibility of the death penalty is going to make them behave in a far, far more extreme manner.
Once someone believes their life is in danger, you can expect they will behave as if they are afraid to die.
originally posted by: sine.nomine
a reply to: nwtrucker
I'm by no means suggesting it. I'm just saying it'd be more effective than the death penalty idea. People would know what they're getting. Dispensers could track what people are getting.
We need more treatment and less prisoners. That's what I believe we should focus on. Give people a chance to have a life and be productive.
originally posted by: notsure1
originally posted by: nwtrucker
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: nwtrucker
a reply to: Grambler
I can and do support it, pending wording and application. Your examples of where other heinous crimes aren't assigned capital punishment can be rebutted with they probably should be included as 'capital offenses'. JMO, though.
So you support the war against drugs, by default the war against the people... You better hope you have picked the right side....
By default the war against people?? That is about the most convoluted statement I've heard yet. Around 50K ODed and it's war against people??
I'm on the side of people not dying from drugs. What side are you on???
Should we execute the guys growing and selling tobacco , that kills alot more people.
We should execute texters while driving while were at it..
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: nwtrucker
Big Pharma would then be in their Nirvana. Invent more and more addictive compounds , with FDA approval, of course. Make even more money.
but isn't this what has already happened with the opiods? heck they are probably just irked that their customers are going to the black market and they are losing profits...
you can't address the opiod problem without addressing the role the healthcare industry plays in it...
originally posted by: nwtrucker
It's not the users that are the target here. It's the CEO who knowingly mislead what the consumer is getting. It's an FDA that holds, itself, 2,000 patents for vaccines. The leaders of drug cartels.
originally posted by: dreamingawake
If you support this you ask to ask where does it end. I said the same with the Philippines president wanting this to happen. Is it going to be similar to that, mob rule dictating the deaths?
originally posted by: sine.nomine
originally posted by: nwtrucker
It's not the users that are the target here. It's the CEO who knowingly mislead what the consumer is getting. It's an FDA that holds, itself, 2,000 patents for vaccines. The leaders of drug cartels.
Your target, yeah. But Trump isn't going to be giving any Big Pharma execs the death penalty; that's just wishful thinking.
originally posted by: dreamingawake
If you support this you ask to ask where does it end. I said the same with the Philippines president wanting this to happen. Is it going to be similar to that, mob rule dictating the deaths?
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
originally posted by: nwtrucker
a reply to: Grambler
I can and do support it, pending wording and application. Your examples of where other heinous crimes aren't assigned capital punishment can be rebutted with they probably should be included as 'capital offenses'. JMO, though.
If enacted you will see police die in unprecedented numbers.
Cause and effect. People will not willingly surrender into a death penalty case. And you cannot police the unwilling.