The American Death Penalty

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Is George W. Bush a serial killer? Terri Murray attacks the death penalty with the help of two prisoners executed by the state – Socrates and Jesus.

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GW Bush is a mass murderer!
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if you have the power to prevent it, use it...

if not, try not to be the target

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HexHammer wrote:GW Bush is a mass murderer!
Agree, and yanks seem to love him. They do love their serial killers.
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Philosophy Now wrote:Is George W. Bush a serial killer? Terri Murray attacks the death penalty with the help of two prisoners executed by the state – Socrates and Jesus.

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I don't know how to reconcile not being able to convince someone without the threat of death with living in a progressive nation. So I concede that I do not live in a progressive nation.
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vegetariantaxidermy wrote:
HexHammer wrote:GW Bush is a mass murderer!
Agree, and yanks seem to love him. They do love their serial killers.
Predictably, he sees terrorism in everyone but himself.
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Systematic wrote:
vegetariantaxidermy wrote:
HexHammer wrote:GW Bush is a mass murderer!
Agree, and yanks seem to love him. They do love their serial killers.
Predictably, he sees terrorism in everyone but himself.
You speak in riddles, please clarify.
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HexHammer wrote:You speak in riddles, please clarify.
How can anyone be a mass murderer without causing terror? Riddle me that.
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Systematic wrote:
HexHammer wrote:You speak in riddles, please clarify.
How can anyone be a mass murderer without causing terror? Riddle me that.
This is sub basic teaching, plz ask anyone else, I can't stoop down to this lvl, sorry to be arrogant and such.
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HexHammer wrote:This is sub basic teaching, plz ask anyone else, I can't stoop down to this lvl, sorry to be arrogant and such.
If your not terrified of mass murder, then you don't realize how similar you are to those who are being killed.
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Systematic wrote:
HexHammer wrote:This is sub basic teaching, plz ask anyone else, I can't stoop down to this lvl, sorry to be arrogant and such.
If your not terrified of mass murder, then you don't realize how similar you are to those who are being killed.
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Systematic wrote:
HexHammer wrote:This is sub basic teaching, plz ask anyone else, I can't stoop down to this lvl, sorry to be arrogant and such.
If your not terrified of mass murder, then you don't realize how similar you are to those who are being killed.
Nicely put.

No system made by human beings is utterly foolproof (though some are more reliable than others). Therefore if the death penalty is used, some innocent people will be killed by mistake. Quite a few people condemned to death in the US have later been exonerated and released. Presumably some aren't exonerated in time. Therefore if you live in a country with the death penalty, then even if you are a completely upstanding citizen and never commit a crime, there is always some danger that you will be put to death by the state as a result of accident or malice.

In fairness though, statistically this chance is probably quite low. The chances of being run down and killed by a car must be many times higher.
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vegetariantaxidermy wrote:
HexHammer wrote:GW Bush is a mass murderer!
Agree, and yanks seem to love him. They do love their serial killers.
Is there any country in the world, that is free of that charge?
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thedoc wrote:
vegetariantaxidermy wrote:
HexHammer wrote:GW Bush is a mass murderer!
Agree, and yanks seem to love him. They do love their serial killers.
Is there any country in the world, that is free of that charge?
Greenland, Iceland?
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HexHammer wrote:
thedoc wrote:
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Agree, and yanks seem to love him. They do love their serial killers.
Is there any country in the world, that is free of that charge?
Greenland, Iceland?
Interesting, now where do they send their criminals to have them executed?
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