It is hypocritical for a government that condemns killing to use the death penalty.
I agree.
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Just need to clarify some things. 1) Declaration of Independence is a document written by the US government (sort of). 2) The meaning of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness has changed over the years. (Slavery is one example) 3) These rights are guaranteed and protected by the US government apparatus. 4) These rights can be legally revoked by the US government under special circumstances. 5) One of these circumstances happens to be the conviction of a crime. 6) As dictated by US law, liberty can be revoked for certain crimes. 7) As dictated by US law, life can be revoked for certain crimes. 8) Unalienable is a misnomer. They should have put an asterisk next to it. 9) It might interest you to know that your right to vote is also revoked (permanently in some jurisdictions). Side: I agree.
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We hold these truths to be self evident that all people are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness Would you be really sweet and answer the following three questions for me sexy ;) Do you believe criminals have the right to liberty? Do you believe criminal have the right to the pursuit of happiness? Do you believe they have a right to life? Side: I disagree.
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I don't believe that executing an individual convicted of a capital offense after unsuccessfully making whatever possible appeals are available is equivalent enough to premeditated murder to call the actions equivalent and consider the government hypocritical. Even if they were, I don't believe that the moral stance the government is asserting is "don't kill," and feel that such is a massive over-simplification. I believe the stance codified into law is that an individual not be deprived of 'life, liberty, or property without due process of law.' This is why vigilante justice is not acceptable, even in cases where the 'victim' has almost certainly committed multiple capital offenses, a vigilante killing robs the 'victim' of his or her right to due process. Self defense is considered an exception to the rule. The government could only remotely be said to be hypocritical in the event that they intentionally deprive the condemned of due process- and even then, that isn't 'the government' being hypocritical, it is in fact employees of the government breaking the law. Side: I disagree.
A man was sentenced to hang for stealing a horse. He told the judge that he didn't think it was fair that should hang for stealing a horse. The judge replied that he was not being hanged for stealing a horse. He was being hanged so horses wouldn't be stolen. It is a sad fact of life that criminals no longer fear the law. That is the problem with our society. Side: I disagree.
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