Penn & Teller clip from Bullshit discussing personal pain and the Death Penalty.

Penn and Teller clip from their show Bullshit discussing "an eye for an eye" approach to the death penalty.

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[SaintLiam78]

For all of you that disagree with the death penalty, watch this again and again let that poor fathers words on the loss of his child sink in,then think about the loss of countless scores of familys,the pain and loss they endure becaues some peice of crap person CHOSE to take their loved one from them.then see if your feelings might be difrent in some way.

[OzzFan1000]

@SaintLiam78 Agreed. Watch it over and over again, and especially pay attention to Penn's statement afterward about pain and emotional suffering not being good enough reasons to kill.

[85dBlouder]

Religion has nothing to do with it. Personal pain has nothing to do with it either. We have over 300 million people in the US that try to live within the rules. e.g.- try really really hard not to murder and rape someone.. or rape and murder someone. We shouldn't have to look after those that only care about satisfying their own selfish desires.

How about we let money speak up? Let's have an option on our 1040 for those that want to sponsor death-row inmates.

[OzzFan1000]

So you're saying that financially it's OK to kill another human being? If it costs too much to take care of them, even if they're damaged, then it's not worth keeping them alive?

Saying religion and personal gain has nothing to do with is is a little disingenuous. It may not have anything to do with it for you, but it does play a part for many people.

[85dBlouder]

It is absolutely OK to destroy 1 life that is bent on destroying countless more.

[Hjernespreng]

@mashnbangers22

First of all, it doesn't FUCKING MATTER if even if Gandhi raped bunnies to death in his sparetime.

It-doesn't-invalidate-what-he-­said!

Following your logic is destructive!

Hitler said smoking kills.

Does that invalidate the fact that smoking actually does kill?

[jek21]

I stopped taking that guy seriously at "bleeding heart Liberal."

[FatherTime89]

@85dBlouder Your comment was one of the top rated. Happens to me too.

[85dBlouder]

@FatherTime89 Killing is *mostly* wrong. However, my position is not black & white like yours. Can you not differentiate between the murderous acts of a serial rapist/murderer and the police officer that kills him for doing that? Would you incarcerate that officer for a lifetime for murder? Please.

You're bound to your god, religion, values, whatever. They're different than mine. Right? Right. Please remember this and don't respond to me next year like this is a new comment.

[FatherTime89]

@85dBlouder Either killing someone is wrong in which case it's still wrong when we do it or it isn't.

[85dBlouder]

@FatherTime89 Ummm, didn't we go through this a year ago? Killing off a murderer SHOULD be justified. Are you serious? Actually, don't answer that.

[FatherTime89]

@bj22488 Sex offender can be anyone from a rapist to a streaker to teenagers sexting. And wanting to kill people simply for disagreeing with you is very tyrannical and reminds me of Stalin.

[FatherTime89]

@85dBlouder Because destroying lives is wrong except when we justify it.

[tsuikjoshiomatsu]

the law is a mirror, if you kill somebody eventually you kill yourself.

don't blame justice for being the murderer if you were the one who triggered.

and yes, there are psychopaths in this world, ignoring them and giving them freedom and thinking they can be "fixed" maybe isn't a good idea.

liberals probably consist of 20 percent psychopaths and 80 percent dumb/religious people.

[tazer95]

@85dBlouder No problem.

You're still wrong.