> I believe it is the only just punishment for murder; that ALL murderers should be executed;
That's such a twisted mind you have there.
That's such a twisted mind you have there.
Look at it this way: comments like what you posted here take the community further into hell war, which destroys the community. Even if you don't feel you owe the other commenter better, you definitely owe the community better if you're participating in it. The ecosystem is fragile—we all need to protect it. Setting it on fire because of how wrong you feel someone is is not a good idea.
If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
Later on is where things gets scary though, where even death is not enough and it needs to be agonized death!
> I also think that pain should be part of the death penalty [...] rather a healthy period of searing agony
It is beyond fucked up to not only wanting to execute people but also make sure they feel pain while doing so.
I can continue. The world is messy. Black white thinking will not do it justice.
Not that I agree with these reasons in all circumstances. I just want to point out there are reasons to treat a murderer less harsh.
If that sounds irrational to you: That's because it is irrational. Whether we choose to end another persons life is fundamental in our understanding of life itself, which is highly subjective.
But your belief that we should kill other humans is also irrational and subjective.
Edit: Also this paragraph in your first answer
>> I also think that pain should be part of the death penalty... that a murderer doesn’t deserve a quick and painless death but rather a healthy period of searing agony to experience the anguish that they themselves wrought on another."
is actually terrifying to me. Even reading it causes me some physical discomfort.