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this is not about any current events i prommy (files.catbox.moe)

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[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Curious, so you believe in the cases where the US, or its respective states execute a prisoner that it is warranted because there's no other way?

I could go ahead, as you did to me, and assert you're a monster, but instead I'll give you a chance to elaborate.

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

Apologies. Thank you for showing me the error of my ways. Summary execution, I now realize, is never acceptable. If Hitler hadn't killed himself, he would have deserved life in supermax, not the electric chair. Deliberately ending a life is simply inhumane.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I take by your sarcasm you don't want a real conversation?

But yes, only not ironically. I don't think a state should kill anyone for sake of retribution, no matter how grisly their behavior. In fact, I think retribution shouldn't factor at all into how a state manages those who break law or engage in antisocial behavior.

Is that a conversation you want to have? Or is snark the only thing you know how to do?

ETA: It sounds like you may not know this: Summary execution is killing someone without due process. Generally, that's a crime internationally, and regarded as a war crime.

I assume you would want Hitler to at least have a trial at Nuremberg, if he was captured, but feel free to correct me.