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mred (mred@netrover.com) wrote:

: Nobody forced him to drink . nobody forced him to drive. He did both of his
: own free will, and now three innocents are dead.

Assuming he is (normally) a rational individual, that is a pretty nasty
punishement, knowing that you, through your own negligence, caused the
deaths of 3 innocent people.  But, society must administer it's own
justice as well...  You must face the consequences for your actions as
dictated by society (read laws and justice).

:  I don`t understand your thinking about these murders and that`s what they
: are , regardless of how you try and cloak them in respectability, because he
: was drinking.

:  If you kill you should be killed unless self-defence.

Youch.  How do you define "kill"?  I am sure that it can be warped
horribly to mean that if you are a doctor, trying to save someone's life,
but the scalpel just so happens to slip, and you just so happen cut
something that shouldn't necessarily be cut, though under normal
circumstances would not kill a person, however, due to the advanced nature
of the patience illness does kill the patient, then should the doctor
die?  By your statement, the answer is a resounding YES.  Well, I got some
news for you:  there won't be any surgeons left in the world if that
happens.

Lets say you are driving home from the car dealer's in a brand new
car.  On the way home, you hit a large nail, or a field of nails.  Your
car skids out of control (no more tire left on any of the wheels), and you
spin off into oncoming traffic, hitting another car.  Let's say that that
other car's passengers are unbelted, they fly through their windshield and
are decapitated (which usually results in death).  Now, should you be
ckilled because you caused the accident that killed the other
passengers?  or should the person that left the nails on the road be held
responsible and be killed?

If you kill then you should be killed is just society approved
murder.  Who kills the killer of the original killer?  They have taken a
life, and not in self defence.  Smacks of barbarism.. :)

: Too bad it wasn`t members of your immediate family he offed. You would sing
: a different tune then.

Revenge always clouds judgment.  If he were to kill a family member, you
are darned sure that I would be angry and upset.  However, I wouldn't want
that other guy's blood on my shoulders.  I would want society to
administer proper justice.  Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth, eh?  That
isn't justice, that is revenge.


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Jon

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