No. of Recommendations: 5
Nope. I was spot on. You demonstrated my point for me. You haven't really thought about it. Or you have thought about it in the same way Aaron Rodgers did his vaccine research.
Because I disagree with you? Here’s a little something you don’t know about me:
In college I was on the debate team (big surprise, eh?) We won almost every match; one we lost was about the Death Penalty. Our preparation for it was to visit Death Row inmates at Walpole State Prison in Massachusetts (near my school) and talk with murderers for several hours over a meal and in other settings.
Then, a week later, we debated. Our side was “Pro”, and the other team was … Death Row convicts from Walpole State Prison, which I point out is one of the worst places you want to be around there. We lost that debate; the inmates were the judges, and so we were hardly surprised by the vote. But afterwards we all sat around at a reception drinking Cokes and having cookies, and a splendid time was had by all.
I have sat with them, I have observed their life circumstances, I have talked with over a dozen of them. They were not happy to be in prison, obviously, but there was not the slightest shred of remorse except that they had been caught. They had their groups (and gangs), much as you see in Shawshank, and while it is not a life you or I would like they seemed relatively content, even happy with the activities and comraderie. I’m sure there are much worse places, Attica comes to mind, and I don’t advocate all prisons end up so, but overall, yeah, it’s a decent life for which they DO NOT ATONE.
And if they escape, or are paroled, they will almost immediately revert back to a pathological state and MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE will be dead. I do not grieve for them any more than a cockroach I step on on my bathroom floor. They have perpetrated the most vile offense imagineable, and they have therefore forfeit the right to life.
Yeah, I have thought about it quite a lot, thanks.
