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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser
Fair enough. Let me ask you though, if a 12 year old is guilty of murdering someone, are you in favor of killing them? We, as a society, have determined that someone who is under 18 isn't capable of making a decision to vote, sign a binding legal contract, or have a cigarette.
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#1- I think they have to be tried as adults before the death penalty can be used. Right? If a 12 year old murders people and is tried as an adult under our code of law and they sentence them to death- would I fight it? No. Does it make me comfortable? No. But I don't feel comfortable setting a precedent that just because you are YOUNG means you can kill without threat of the maximum extent of the law.
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Nephy, if I didn't want opposing viewpoints, I wouldn't have started the thread. I wanted those viewpoints to focus on the topic at hand though. The sections of your posts that focused on the death penalty were welcome contributions, even if I don't agree with them. You aren't the only one in this thread that is pro-death penalty. Others have stated the same view and received no backlash whatsoever. So this isn't a case of your views being stifled. It's simply a matter of wanting to stay on topic.
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To ME it is part of the topic at hand! To prattle on about caring about this court decision based on some sort of concern for the age of the people receiving the death penalty plays into a larger picture for me that I have talked about. I am not making this an abortion debate- I am discussing the topic in the CONTEXT that I view it through. I don't care if I was the only pro-death penalty person here- but I still fail to see why people want to tell me what context I can discuss this in. It's frustrating and I am trying to not let it get to me- see- if you decide it is valid to the topic, it is welcome, but if you decide it is not part of the topic I am unwelcome- it doesn't matter if it IS part o the topic to me! I always bring it back to the death penalty- and I am not derailing or trying to make this about something other than it is- but I am trying to discuss it in the context I view it through-
bah- forget it.