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To: weegee
I've always thought intellectually [ debatable ] that (the death penalty) didn't make sense. It's expensive;

... Compared to 40 years of room and board?
Do you have to have NO BRAIN to move to Hollywood?
Or does living there take it out of you?

7 posted on 07/15/2004 3:50:37 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
"I've always thought intellectually [ debatable ] that (the death penalty) didn't make sense. It's expensive; ... Compared to 40 years of room and board? Do you have to have NO BRAIN to move to Hollywood? Or does living there take it out of you?"

My father doesn't believe in capital punishment either. His belief, like Sarandon's, is that it is more expensive to execute someone (due to court appeals, etc) than for the criminal to spend his life in prison. My reply to him is, "assuming that you are correct, what we need to do then is wait until there are 6 or 7 inmates with the same execution date and have "group therapy"...put them all in connecting chairs and pull the handle once..."

We have heated arguments over this because I don't understand how someone can be against capital punishment but also be pro choice. I don't know what happened to my Dad...when he was younger he was against capital punishment, but at least he was a conservative on all other issues...now at 80, he's still against capital punishment but votes democrat almost every election....it is driving me crazy!....

23 posted on 07/15/2004 4:51:21 AM PDT by ~Vor~ (Give monthly to FR...it's cheaper & much better than that liberal rag delivered to your door!)
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