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I agree with Jillian.
Living in a society that the government decides who it can kill based on what it deems appropriate is not a society I want to live in. Murder is murder.
Furthermore, people involved in such crimes are sick. They need help. As I have pointed out in the thread on the death penalty, Canada did studies and showed that people who engaged in this type of act can be rehabilitated if given proper medication.
What does it say about a society that would kill a sick person rather than treat them because it costs more money? What does it say about a society that wants to kill the mentally ill just to satisfy a blood-lust held by a portion of its citizens? Whats it say about a government, or government officials, who support this sort of thing?
Whats real ironic is those who scream the loudest to keep this sort of thing legal are the same ones claiming to be Christian - the right wing.
I find it hard to believe you can truly be a Christian and advocate state sponsored murder and the killing of the mentally ill. I also find it hard to find anywhere in the teachings of Christianity that would support such actions.
I could go off on a tangent and bring the various wars into this as well, again the same people who support going to war and killing tens of thousands of innocent women and children also fall into this category.
I guess the real question is:
WWJK? Who would Jesus kill?
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