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Post by cato on Jul 13, 2017 10:04:49 GMT
According to RTE Amnesty International have denounced the Japanese government's decision to execute two murders as a "wanton disregard for the right to life". Yes you read that correctly! And what is repealing the 8th ammendment about?
The first executed murdered 4 females and the second one, who he also dismembered. I don't if Amnesty comment on their rights to life which were so cruelly taken away.
The death penalty has popular and political support in Japan . Opposition comes from the European union and human rights groups. More arrogance from the EU telling other countries how to run their internal affairs.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Jul 13, 2017 10:16:19 GMT
I have mixed feelings about the death penalty. My own instincts are against it, I don't like the idea of telling a human being "You are going to be killed on such-and-such a day. Until that time we will care for you, but then we will kill you and there's nothing you can do about it." It seems inhuman.
On the other hand, having the death penalty seems like an assertion of national sovereignty today, precisely in the face of Amnesty International and other globalist organizations. And I have a sneaking sympathy for anything anti-progressive (well, almost anything).
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Post by seangladium on Jul 13, 2017 15:01:26 GMT
I recently heard of a new book that gives a Catholic defense of the death penalty: By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment by Edward Feser and Joseph Bessette from Ignatius Press. (For a description see: www.ignatius.com/Products/MBS-P/by-man-shall-his-blood-be-shed.aspx)I have not read it yet but it sounds interesting.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Jul 13, 2017 15:09:11 GMT
Edward Feser's book The Last Superstition played a huge part in bringing me to the Catholic faith.
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