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Originally Posted by Russ
In any case it's amazing how some people advocate thieves getting a hand chopped off, or rapists/murderers getting executed, yet this is considered 'barbaric' and 'medieval'. You are either in favour of capital punishment or not at all, armchair experts.
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People see it as barbaric because its a punishment based on a 1300 year old, plagerised religion. Quite a few humans see no morality in religion, thus basing laws on a man made religious dogma is barbaric. Especially one as locked in the dark ages as Islam....
Capitol Punishment is not barbaric. Its horrific that humans must consider the use of the death penalty against other humans, but when small numbers of humans decide to prey on other member of society, then the ultimate sanction (killing them) becomes necessary. The way I see it personally is like battlefield triage.... Those that are too far gone to be helped are kept as comfortable as possible until their time is up. Those injured who can be saved get priority for medical care and evac. Thats the horrible reality of combat medicine....