Reply #79: I think both I and the poster I was talking with agreed - [View All]

[Vektor]

We know the acid treatment is not exactly the best punishment to use, and it is rather severe.

I do "get it."

But I'd be lying if I said I felt any mercy toward a man who threw acid in a woman's face and disfigured her for life.

The only place I do not agree with you is that I feel it is far worse to disfigure and attack an innocent woman than to issue payback to the sick man that did this her. He was the violent offender who committed the crime in the first place. She is an innocent victim.

That said, I am not out there with my pitchfork and torch screaming "Bring on the acid!" However, if they punish him harshly, I'm just saying that no matter how hard I tried, I could not pretend I would lose a second of sleep if a monster who disfigures women's faces with acid was punished harshly, even if the punishment chosen is shocking. I do agree with you that the state is being barbaric, but I just don't feel as strongly as you do that this evil man deserves any mercy.

That's all.

We're all going to have different opinions here. It's not a matter of "getting it." Its just who were are at DU - a mixed bag with different opinions about different issues.