I have struggled with this issue in my mind for a very long time. I’m talking about the death penalty. I get into conversations with many who are for it and we sometimes end up in a heated debate.
See, I’m not in favor of the idea for most criminals. Let’s take, for instance, the six Bulgarian health care medics who were convicted of infecting a large amount of children with the HIV virus. Why they did it is not the issue here although it’s also an interesting discussion too. What happens to them now is what I’d like to focus on. Life or death?
Here’s how I see it. The death penalty is not much of a punishment for most. The vast majority of criminals that commit grizzly crimes like this really have no remorse about anything in the first place. They don’t care if they were to die. That said, putting them to death may be a closure of the situation for the victims but is it really a true punishment? They may want to die and that will just expedite their reincarnation. But I won’t get into that cuz that’s a whole other Oprah show topic there.
Naw, I say let’s put them on a remote island. Or hell, if we can build oil platforms in the middle of the ocean, why not prison facilities. But not just the typical prison type atmosphere. They don’t need T.V and basketball courts. They killed people for Pete’s sake.
How about this. We implement a secure factory on our new platform prisons and let them recycle our trash! Or let them grow our organic fruits and veggies. Let’s have them create our clothing in their new sweat shops. Why not have them work all day doing the things that we don’t care to do and do it cheaply so our cost is minimal for the product? Heck we could actually force them to be productive members of society this way, well indirectly anyhow.
I don’t know, but I feel pretty strongly about this subject. How about you? What do you think? If I ruled the world this is probably what I would do. But until I do rule it …..I guess I’ll just write and rant about it for now.
Feel free to comment and tell us how you feel!
