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Originally Posted by RickThai
Killing off the 15% who regularly commit violent crimes, whether by shooting in self-defense, or by capital punishment after being convicted, would not be considered a crime, hence Troy's "However the killing of the 15% would be a criminal act and so recursively you end up with nobody...and no crime" is a totally unfounded (and apparently not well thought-out) and illogical statement.
I don't think you understand the circular reference here:
If the State is allowed to kill someone then what crime has a person committed by doing the same. What allows it to be okay at the State level but not at the personal level?
This is the simple paradox of being against the Death Penalty. Nothing to do with being Liberal or "Politically Correct".
So if killing is a crime then so is the Death Penalty, since it is killing someone.
My case for the killing by Death Penalty being a Criminal Act is therefore not unfounded and not illogical.