BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoDallas police officer 'executed,' 2 others injured in targeted shootings: Chiefabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1240arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
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minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoYeah one step onto YouTube informed me of their violent bullshit.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down11·edit-22 months agoI missed the part where fighting among two groups of belligerent assholes who think they’re above the law isn’t funny.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down11·2 months agoI would say that most people with empathy do not find humor in double homicide.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down8·2 months agoDallas police can murder people legally. I don’t have empathy for roving gangs of state-sanctioned murderers.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down14·2 months agoThat’s the sort of non-empathic “some people deserve to die” attitude that keeps the death penalty around.
minus-squareOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down6·2 months agoEmpathy for rapists and murderers is NOT the reason I’m against the death penalty.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11·2 months agoThey’re human beings too. Why are you in the position to say anyone deserves death?
minus-squareOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoI am against the death penalty. I do believe some people deserve death. But I also don’t think anyone should have that authority over someone who isn’t a threat. So yeah, I agree that I’m not in a position to say that someone deserves death.
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·2 months agoOh so now the social contract is void???
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down7·2 months agoI guess I didn’t realize “certain people deserve death” was part of the social contract. In that case, yes. I would say it should be abandoned.
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Yeah one step onto YouTube informed me of their violent bullshit.
I missed the part where fighting among two groups of belligerent assholes who think they’re above the law isn’t funny.
I would say that most people with empathy do not find humor in double homicide.
Dallas police can murder people legally. I don’t have empathy for roving gangs of state-sanctioned murderers.
That’s the sort of non-empathic “some people deserve to die” attitude that keeps the death penalty around.
Empathy for rapists and murderers is NOT the reason I’m against the death penalty.
They’re human beings too. Why are you in the position to say anyone deserves death?
I am against the death penalty. I do believe some people deserve death. But I also don’t think anyone should have that authority over someone who isn’t a threat.
So yeah, I agree that I’m not in a position to say that someone deserves death.
Oh so now the social contract is void???
I guess I didn’t realize “certain people deserve death” was part of the social contract.
In that case, yes. I would say it should be abandoned.
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