The death penalty, an issue of contention among many people, has just been repealed by the New Jersey state senate. This is a pretty big move, since no state has done this since before the 1976 ruling of the supreme court. Now I know lots of people aren't going to agree with me, but I think the death penalty should be abolished completely. The criminal justice system is supposed to punish and rehabilitate prisoners and give justice to the victims and their families. The death penalty fufills just one of those requirements. It does not rehabilitate because, well they are dead, it does not give justice, it gives vengence, and even the punishment is questionable, (does the state really have the right to kill people?). To quote someone's bumper sticker, "why does the government kill people to show us that it is wrong to kill people."
Here is a list of countries with the death penalty:
Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Botswana
Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
China (People's Republic)
Comoros
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Cuba
Dominica
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Malawi
Malaysia
Mongolia
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian Authority
Qatar
Rwanda
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somalia
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Should the US really be on the a list with iraq, iran, and north korea? I thought we didn't like them....
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
The Administration that cried Nuclear Weapons
The Time: 2003
The Issue: Iraq
administration: hey guys we are positive that there are WMD's in Iraq we even have pictures, oh yeah and they have terrorist connections and were involved in September 11th
The country and congress: OK war it is
a bit after:
administration: uh guys we might have been a tiny bit off about the whole WMD thing...there sort of weren't any...
the country and congress: oh its ok do better next time!!
The time: 2005
The Issue: Iran
the administration: we are highly confident, bassed on good intelligence, that Iran is actively pursuing the nuclear bomb... They must be stopped.
the country: are you sure
the administration: oh yes definitely you can trust us...
the country: ok
The time: 2007
The Issue: Iran
the administration: we were wrong again....they shut down their nuclear program in 2003, there only working with nuclear power now, they aren't ever working on the bomb
the country: you suck please leave now
So the point of that was to illustrate that time and time agian this country has been lied to by this administration. Everytime they have intelligence they are highly confident that it is correct, and then about two years later, once they have done something stupid they come back saying that they might have been wrong. I'm sorry but this is the Administration that cried Nuclear Weapons, the allies and citizens kept running every time they shouted for help. However, now everyone realizes the truth, at the worst they are liars (trying to con the nation into as many wars as possible) and at the best they are incompetent idiots who do not deserve their jobs.
The Issue: Iraq
administration: hey guys we are positive that there are WMD's in Iraq we even have pictures, oh yeah and they have terrorist connections and were involved in September 11th
The country and congress: OK war it is
a bit after:
administration: uh guys we might have been a tiny bit off about the whole WMD thing...there sort of weren't any...
the country and congress: oh its ok do better next time!!
The time: 2005
The Issue: Iran
the administration: we are highly confident, bassed on good intelligence, that Iran is actively pursuing the nuclear bomb... They must be stopped.
the country: are you sure
the administration: oh yes definitely you can trust us...
the country: ok
The time: 2007
The Issue: Iran
the administration: we were wrong again....they shut down their nuclear program in 2003, there only working with nuclear power now, they aren't ever working on the bomb
the country: you suck please leave now
So the point of that was to illustrate that time and time agian this country has been lied to by this administration. Everytime they have intelligence they are highly confident that it is correct, and then about two years later, once they have done something stupid they come back saying that they might have been wrong. I'm sorry but this is the Administration that cried Nuclear Weapons, the allies and citizens kept running every time they shouted for help. However, now everyone realizes the truth, at the worst they are liars (trying to con the nation into as many wars as possible) and at the best they are incompetent idiots who do not deserve their jobs.
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