"I agree. I don't understand how anyone can regard an execution as a form of entertainment."
You`re right... I didn`t really expect such a human reaction between all these complacent "he he he will burn in hell"-postings. Seems like the audience of an execution in Iran.
Well, I know no single argument "pro" death penalty - no logical argument. The U.S.A. and the so called rogue states have not much common grounds I think, but the death penalty is one. Schwarzenegger had the chance to make a good step against it, but he didn`t. In my view it looks like: Williams - 4 victims, Schwarzenegger - 3 victims (and more to come, I bet).
I guess I part company with you at that point. While I oppose capital punishment, I don't equate Tookie's murders with Arnold's enforcement of California law.
Well, I know no single argument "pro" death penalty - no logical argument
There are plenty of good arguments for the death penalty. Here are a few:
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/dennisprager/2003/11/04/170335.html
I just happen to think that the arguments against it are marginally better, as per George Will's now-famous column:
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/georgewill/2003/10/30/170288.html
In any case, my post really was not about capital punishment, but about the ghoulish attitude of some posters to this thread. I can't disagree with your Iran analogy.