I must admit I waver on the death penalty thing. I can see the arguments for and against, but am ultimately repulsed by many of its advocates' apparent bloodlust. I suppose that I ultimately am sufficiently squeamish and liberal to feel that it just isn't the sort of thing a civilised society ought to be doing.
Obviously, I make an exception for people who don't indicate at roundabouts. I would personally shoot them in the back of the neck and sleep peacefully.
Oh, yes. People who order coffee in pubs would definitely get the old 'Genickschuss' as well. But that's pure, legitimate fury. It's the cold-blooded judicial type of killing I find distasteful.
More seriously, the aptness of the punishment is less important to me than what it does to the society and people who endorse it.
It's not really, though, is it? It's fair to say that their adherence to the death penalty might also make them a wee bit callous in other areas of their society, don't you think? For instance...
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