Nothing could be more barbaric than
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Why fight a crime with a crime?
There are a lot of behaviors in this world than can be qualified as barbaric. As for their "why", call it dissuasive means; be it working or not.
My position is very similar to Elliot Kane's. And in this situation, I think it was wrong; there are extremely few cases that are justifiable for death penalty in my mind. But I don't feel up to state a decisive opposing opinion on it, neither to reject it completely.
I agree with Elliot & Stone's view that dealing drugs (at least, the hard addicting ones and especially those made with junk like rat poison & stuff like that) should not be considered as a minor crime but my point is more mitigated though; those who buy it are not innocents and white either, it doesn't only go one way. It's the same issue on responsibility than with cigarette, alchool & gambling (even fastfood lately)...
In any case, a penalty should not be motivated by vengeance. IMO & in my little experience, vengeance never makes a person heal (the one that is in the position of the victim; yeah and the one he/she avenges on too of course <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> ). It doesn't make them feel really better either; it's spoiled energy that can even do worse. The only way to calm the beast inside is to tame it and learn to live with it; and that beast hurts a lot more than the one who did the crime, wherever he may be.
I don't think we'll be able to find a universal justice system, that works every situation and cases. Our "justice" has a too instable, fragile base and too much contradictions.
