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Given how flagrantly governments have been using pedophiles as an excuse for curtailing our right to privacy, I don't trust them to execute civilians for this r
by wesselbindt 2y ago
Given how flagrantly governments have been using pedophiles as an excuse for curtailing our right to privacy, I don't trust them to execute civilians for this reason (or any). False convictions (intentionally so, in worse-governed countries) are a thing, and I do not cheer for the prospect of giving the government yet another reason to murder its citizens.
Advocacy in favor of the death penalty is never about "death penalty for murderers/rapists" but "death penalty for people convicted of being murderers/rapists". Practice has shown there's a big difference
- IanCal 2y agoAt its core, a death penalty is permission for the government to kill its own citizens. That's a pretty big step, and to me it requires a lot of benefits to justify.
- coding123 2y agoMany people that escape prison kill people immediately after doing so. Either in the process of running from the law or simply taking over a house for a few days of cover. It seems to me like taking care of business before that happens is a more beneficial thing.