It is interesting how the KaWmunity is one-sided against this so far... I thought it would be closer to 50-50
I like the part where you state a person should be cleared of crimes if they've seen a licensed caregiver and are taking medication.. Cuz you know.. People don't stop taking medication or anything. :roll:
-Inferno: I was assuming that people would have regular visits with the psychiatrist to make sure they were still taking the medication. Interesting point though... perhaps they could be sent to a mental hospital if they stop taking the medication and commit another crime
The part in red where it said most murderers are people who have caught there significant other with another person is actually not true. Gang members are murderers and I know for a fact that they just kill people because they want to
So. I can kill one person and get a slap on the wrist? What if you were that one person? This is a troll or an extremly sheltered person. People are not pre-made to kill and once that capability is unlocked the gate is forever open. Learning to kill also requires great discipline in understanding what situations this would be applicable for an having a restraint that any average person does not readily have. Look at it like this op. One day a person is driving down the road and they come to an intersection and push on the breaks because the light is red. Well their breaks do not work for whatever reason and they go head long into a family of four killing them all. In most cases people in these situations end up commiting suicide or are forever stuck in a depressive mode unless they get help. Now we have some person who comes home and finds their spouse with another person in bed doing the hanky panky. They go into a jealous rage and kill both of them. Most of these people feel justified, hell there was even a ruling that used to lighten the sentence because it was an act of passion. This just simply is not the case. I have met people who are perfectly capable of taking anothers life and found themselves in this situation but had the restraint to not go through with a murder. The people who do, are not capable of restraint and can be set off by anything that just happens to send them over their emotional threshold. Op we are just animals. You and I are no greater than anything else on this planet and we need to understand that with some of the herd we need to set examples and we need to keep them inline even if the punishment seems harsh. People cherish dolphins and depict them as these cutw animals but did you know a group of males will capture a female killing her baby and gang **** her for months on end? Or the chimpanzees animal activists compare us so closely to yet they will also kill a baby primate and even eat it. We are not the exception just because we figured out how to make fire or the wheel.
-GunnyLepine: One of my facts was wrong??? My deepest apologies. However, gang memebers are often instigated into killing, and wanting to kill someone just to kill someone is a sign of a mental issue.
-King Slayer: Great example. I do share the belief that humans are animals too, however, like you said, animals often do bad things. Therefore, humans and animals both do bad things. Why should we change our natural habits? Besides, there are still bad things that are legal, like pollution.
-King Slayer: The part about where you said people who would commit a murder when they found their partner with someone else would kill whenever their emotions are overcome is irrelevent. I mentioned in the original post that these people could take anger management courses.
-Sasuke: Someone who used bombsto kill lots of people would obviously not be allowed to return back home quickly. They'd be treated for their mental illness and would probably stay in a mental hospital for a couple years.
-Sword: I'm stupid?!?! If you think that way, at least give your own counterexamples and detailed reasons on why you feel that way.
Their emotions get the best of them? We aren't 5 years old people should learn to control their emotions. 5 months in prison for taking years away from another person? Just because someone is angry, we can make them think it is ok to kill someone? No! Someone should be punished to the fullest extent for their actions.
That is interesting. I feel that any person, no matter how bad they seem, can be ok humans if they stay in a mental hospital for a few years taking constant therapy. You are obviously against that, though. I can see your viewpoint however, which is that people who kill are more likely to kill and thus shouldn't be allowed back to society. Don't you think that's a little extreme though?
I seriously hope you are trolling. What you are saying is implying that we should let murderers, rapists, the scum of society loose on the streets because it may have been provoked. Provocation is something you learn (or should have learned) to hold back in kindergarten. You can't just let someone out of prison because they were mad. What if they get mad again?
I think it is a little extreme the capital punishment is not administered more often and we waste taxpayer dollars keeping them alive. Some people are just plain evil, therapy won't do them any good.