[Coeur de Lion]

With that in mind, why would he think it's morally okay to kill a would-be murderer, but not to execute the person who actually murders the nun - or 20 nuns, as the case may be, apparently with a great deal of premeditation. It is true that there's no way to proportionally punish a deed as profoundly evil as this. Execution is about as close as we can come.

This is truly unfortunate. For these mass murderers I would prefer death by numerical controlled bandsaw. The programmed cutting locations would such that it would slice the body into equal length increments, for each victim, starting at the feet.

[rdb3]

May I volunteer to stick the needles in?

No mercy.
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[APBaer]

An awful lot of words to express the truism:
Some people need killin'

[anniegetyourgun]

"We might wonder what Mr. Shields would do if he had been in a position to stop the sniper - with the help of a shotgun - just as the sniper was pulling down on a family member or perhaps a favorite nun. One assumes he'd let the sniper have it, with both barrels if necessary."

I would never assume that. He's more likely a bleeding heart lib who would never pick up a shotgun in defense of his family member. He's also a sniveling fatboy.

Sorry....I just really dislike that wimp.

[Hank Kerchief]

...It is true that there's no way to proportionally punish a deed as profoundly evil as this. Execution is about as close as we can come.

This is truly unfortunate. For these mass murderers I would prefer death by numerical controlled bandsaw. The programmed cutting locations would such that it would slice the body into equal length increments, for each victim, starting at the feet.

Both of the views above are wrong. Punishment that does not teach is pointless, since no lesson can be learned by the dead, it cannot be the purpose of execution. The other view is the desire for revenge, an act that never does any good, and harms the one "getting" revenge.

Murderers, and some other kinds of criminals, such as violent rapists, have declared themselves unfit to live in a civilized society. They need to be executed and removed from society for the same reason we kill rabid animals. They are of no value to themselves or anyone else, and remain a threat so long as they live.

The moment they are found guilty of such viciousness they must be dispatched as dispassionately and quickly as possible.

Hank

[archy]

For these mass murderers I would prefer death by numerical controlled bandsaw...

Please. No cruel and unusual punishments. That's unconstitutional.

Accordingly, make it one or the other. Of course, using your method frequently, would mean it's not so *unusual,* wouldn't it? -archy-/-