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> The part about what he did is completely irrelevant. Unfortunately, actions have consequences. > Sparing a life is the point regardless of what the crime wa

> The part about what he did is completely irrelevant. Unfortunately, actions have consequences. > Sparing a life is the point regardless of what the crime was. Most people would disagree with you here, word count or no.

ta0967 11y ago
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- monochromatic 11y ago
  Actually, it's my impression that a majority of people worldwide are in favor of the death penalty. Two minutes of googling didn't turn up a good answer one way or the other though, so it's entirely possible I'm misremembering something.
  - ta0967 11y ago
    Actually, it's my impression that a majority of people worldwide are in favor of the death penalty. wikipedia: Although many nations have abolished capital punishment, over 60% of the world's population live in countries where executions take place, such as China, India, the United States and Indonesia.[0] there are 206 countries in the world[1], of which only 36 practise capital punishment. USA comes on the heels of the top five of China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.[2] questions: * if majority of people are in favor of the death penalty, where does the majority of countries abstaining from it come from? in vulgar terms: is it an illuminati-level conspiracy? * do the countries practicing the death penalty share any prevailing traits? do the countries which have abolished it share any prevailing traits? what are they? how do those traits correlate with wealth and wealth distribution in the country? my impression is that (outside of truly fucked-up places like China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, India, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia) capital punishment de iure is a sign of a country with a huge wealth gradient: the poorer the poor are and the richer the rich are (in contrast) the better the chance the place will have the death penalty. countries with relatively flat wealth distribution seem to be less likely to practice the capital punishment. [0] hhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment#Capital_punishment_by_country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment#Capital_p... edit: formatting
comrh 11y ago
Most people? More countries have abolished it then still use it.
- monochromatic 11y ago
  Many countries have abolished it. That doesn't mean much about popular opinion.

ta0967 11y ago

s/people/americans/

monochromatic 11y ago
Actually, it's my impression that a majority of people worldwide are in favor of the death penalty. Two minutes of googling didn't turn up a good answer one way or the other though, so it's entirely possible I'm misremembering something.
- ta0967 11y ago
  Actually, it's my impression that a majority of people worldwide are in favor of the death penalty. wikipedia: Although many nations have abolished capital punishment, over 60% of the world's population live in countries where executions take place, such as China, India, the United States and Indonesia.[0] there are 206 countries in the world[1], of which only 36 practise capital punishment. USA comes on the heels of the top five of China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.[2] questions: * if majority of people are in favor of the death penalty, where does the majority of countries abstaining from it come from? in vulgar terms: is it an illuminati-level conspiracy? * do the countries practicing the death penalty share any prevailing traits? do the countries which have abolished it share any prevailing traits? what are they? how do those traits correlate with wealth and wealth distribution in the country? my impression is that (outside of truly fucked-up places like China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, India, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia) capital punishment de iure is a sign of a country with a huge wealth gradient: the poorer the poor are and the richer the rich are (in contrast) the better the chance the place will have the death penalty. countries with relatively flat wealth distribution seem to be less likely to practice the capital punishment. [0] hhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment#Capital_punishment_by_country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment#Capital_p... edit: formatting

comrh 11y ago

Most people? More countries have abolished it then still use it.

monochromatic 11y ago
Many countries have abolished it. That doesn't mean much about popular opinion.