They might. Do you really think that there aren't ANY people who wouldn't kill their friend for food, but would still want to survive? I mean, some people do have a shred of loyalty. But I know you're just kidding around, I'm just saying...

Well, I love thanksgiving, but that has nothing to do with me being patriotic...considering I'm not particularly. x] I just reeeeaaallly like the food, and seeing my family.

Awesome, yet cruel. :P

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It kind of does. x] As Warlin said, I'm sure the creator didn't intend it that way, but it is forcing animals to fight each other, and of course trapping and neglecting them...of course, maybe they are kept in some sort of stasis or something in the pokeball, I dunno. But yeah...you capture them, subdue them, and force them to fight each other. Good God. That is awful, isn't it? x] haha. Wow...I did always think Pokemon seemed a little cruel, but not to this extent. o_o

I agree, but I guess my questions are: 1. Does the death penalty deter evil more than life in prison? and 2. Is it wrong to kill someone in the name of a concept we invented?

I'm leaning towards the fox side on this one, although I'm reluctant simply because I never watch Fox news, so for all I know there is good reason for the gov't to classify them as a "hate group"...However, I think it's wrong for a government to limit criticism of itself. Manipulating what news goes out is not good--all sides should be represented equally so that the people will not be lied to. I would prefer, of course, to have one or two completely unbiased news sources, but if we cannot have that, we should at least have both biases represented.

Only if another person and I were, for instance, on a deserted island, starving to death, and we agreed that if one of us died first, the other would eat him/her to survive.

Weird circumstance, I know. X_X But that's pretty much what it would take. If I could to it then...preparing the body would be pretty awful.

I'm sorry, Joe. Hahaha. xD you're right. No boobies. Just dragons and Ying Yangs. :)

Thank you for posting before I actually looked at them. I think I'll pass now...

Disclaimer: This is a philosophy I am trying out. I have no guarantees that it is correct.

Justice in terms of punishment is something that humans have decided is necessary, but it's just a concept. A murderer being killed doesn't change what happened, it just satisfies people's need for revenge, and fulfills our society's concept of "justice". But what really happened? One person died, then another person died. That's it. Of course, we have guaranteed that the second person can't hurt anyone else anymore, but we can come close to guaranteeing that with a very high security prison.

To me, the system's job is one thing: To prevent a similar crime from happening again, not to fulfill a concept that we have invented.

Again, this is just a theory of mine. I may or may not believe it myself. But it kind of makes sense to me.