Reply #12: grrrrrrrr... [View All]

[kyrasdad]

I asked my Mom about this, and how she can justify the rights obsession with the death penalty... She's right-wing, anti-abortion, pro-NRA, republican, but I love her anyway... She said that a child is an innocent, and therefore need to be protected. Someone who kills deserves to be put to death. And there's a Bible passage (gotta get that in there) that supports it. While she is right about the Bible thing... I point out that once again, she and her ilk don't follow all of the tenets set forth. I also pointed out the numerous people who have been freed in the past few years that were proven innocent that were on death row... her answer... (it's a REAL good thing she's my Mom) Well, if they were put to death and they were innocent, that must have been God's will...

ARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH

Not that I was in enough pain from that... I continued to ask about once a kid is born, isn't it the responsibility of all of us to ensure that the child is cared for if the Mother can't? She answered that the Mother made the mistake, it was her job, and if she didn't do it then she should gove the child up. Ok, I agree there... Then I said, but what if she doesn't and she gets no help, the kid grows up to be a criminal, maybe killing someone in the process of a crime and gets the death penalty... isn't he absolved from his responsibility because of the lack of support in his upbringing? She said no, that just because his Mom didn't do her job is no reason to let him off the hook... So I said sarcastically that it was the throw them abck syndrome... can't kill 'em now, wait till they're older, right? She said no... that it was HIS responsibility to be a good participating member of society. I asked how could he be if he didn't have the proper upbringing to become that. She said... and this is a doozy.... TOUGH...

There in a nutshell is the Republican view... you're on your own, don't expect anything, but don't screw up.