i have a sticker on the back of my car that says:
why do we kill people who kill people,
to show that killing people is wrong?
and it’s the simplest way i can sum up my aversion to the death penalty. of course i am referring to the latest story to bring the debated topic into the news, the execution last night of Stan Williams. he was the founder of the Crips gang and was in jail for 24 years for being convicted of murdering 4 people in 1971. why kill him now instead of letting him serve the rest of his life in prison? “because he hasn’t shown remorse for what he’s done” so they say.
hmm… aren’t forgiveness and redemption some favorite buzz words in Christianity? huh. funny how those principle ideas are thrown out the window when it comes to the death penalty. [or should i call it "Capital Punishment" so it's easier to swallow?] to justify being a pro-Capital-Punishment-Christian, suddenly they decide not to take Biblical quotes word for word and give it some meaningful context.
but wait, doesn’t that contradict some of those hardcore Christians who loooove to quote Leviticus 20:13 when arguing against homosexuality? Indeed, that is taken word for word.
how confusing, i’m glad i’m not a christian. i wonder if they give you a book when you are Saved explaining when you adhere to the Bible and when you hide it in a drawer..? wonder how many people those last two sentences will offend.
jerry springer made some good comments on Air America this morning. yeah, i’m serious. he talked about how some proponents of the death penalty claim that it’s a deterrant to crime. but if someone’s really mad and about to shoot someone in a convenience store, you think they stop, drop their gun, and say “wait a minute, i could be executed for this” ?? highly doubt it. if it was such a deterrant wouldn’t Texas be virtually crime free? doesn’t look that way, corporate and political crime alone run rampant. maybe we should start putting CEO’s to death when they rob their companies of millions and billions of dollars and ruin the lives of countless employees. shouldn’t “Capital Punishment” deter them as well?
well i know this has all been said before, so i’ll stop the rambling for now. (and i didn’t even touch on the racial disparities of death row inmates.) so to conclude, for the record, i am one of those 36% of Americans who absolutely does not believe in the “lawful” execution of anyone. Not in my name.
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