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[António Pedro Marques]

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote (12-04-2012 19:27):
> António Pedro Marques wrote:
>
>> I don't care at all what happens to murderers.
>
> Do you care what happens to rapists?
>
> Thieves?
>
> Jaywalkers?
>
> Where do you draw the line on where compassion is no longer required,
> and how do you draw it?

Degree of in-principle-reversibility and extent of damage done to the victims.

> What gives you the right to decide who is and
> is not inside the circle of human compassion?

The same things that give it to anyone else, I suppose.

>> My only concern is for those who may have been wrongly convicted.
>
> That is a primary argument against the death penalty. A lot of
> "murderers," aren't, but it can take years (or decades) to prove it --
> and it may never be proven.

Have you been reading what I've been writing?