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USArmyParatrooper

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7. My main problem with the death penalty...

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 07:03 PM

Mar 2012

Is that humans are inherently flawed, and any system of justice is inherently human. Simply put, you can't execute the guilty without sometimes executing the innocent. Unfortunately the same remains true in military courts.

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Some do join the Military out of a Desire to Kill [View all] cthulu2016 Mar 2012 OP

Well Put, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2012 #1

I had a friend that joined the marines Tabasco_Dave Mar 2012 #2

yup, I hate it when people assume all these guys are noble warriors or quinnox Mar 2012 #3

That may be a bit harsh cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #4

I think you missed the entire point of the OP USArmyParatrooper Mar 2012 #8

Very fair and well written OP USArmyParatrooper Mar 2012 #5

Excellent reply. Thanks. I don't cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #6

My main problem with the death penalty... USArmyParatrooper Mar 2012 #7

Very True cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #9

That's why Francis Sawyer joined up thelordofhell Mar 2012 #10

Not only did he join after 9/11 but he would have had to re-up Arctic Dave Mar 2012 #11

Yes (He spent a lot of time in Iraq) cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #12