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Originally posted by pikypiky
An anonymous, godlike authority acting as judge, jury and executioner over the internet is simply asking for trouble. I do not believe in the death penalty because some accused may be innocent. I would feel guilty even deciding on someone’s life, period.
What makes this concept morally wrong is when a bunch of ‘citizen’s are asked to decide the fate of any person over the internet. The process may be more convenient but quite impersonal and ‘group-thinking’ brings about hasty or irrational and sometimes with disastrous results. It should not and does not replace the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of jury by fair trial.
[edit on 2008-2-3 by pikypiky]
Originally posted by enjoies05
How about you just let those who's job it is to execute them do their job? If I wanted to execute criminals I would get that job. But I don't.
If someones going to feel guilty about executing someone they shouldn't do that job. You don't become a teacher if you don't like teaching, right? Same idea. They took that job knowing what they were going to have to do.
I would say no to using the internet to execute criminals.
Originally posted by 44soulslayer
While it is a noble thought to want to spare the executioner the guilt of killing, it must always be the case that the execution is carried out by a professional.
Originally posted by 44soulslayer
While it is a noble thought to want to spare the executioner the guilt of killing
Originally posted by buddhasystem
Do you propose to wire the triggers on each soldier's weapons into the Internet so that the American public has a chance to do its collective shooting? If you don't care to do that for the Army, why do you bother about the executioners who only kill a handful of people?
Originally posted by eyewitness86
The thrill of seeing Bush and Cheney and the Neocons that pulled off 9-11 swinging from a rope in a gallows at the Hauge after a trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity almost makes me want to go for televised executions: I would be honored to push the button that dropped the trapdoors from underneath those surrilous vermin, as would most of the worlds residents.