Comments on: Making My Point http://www.minthegap.com/2008/05/05/making-my-point/ Standing in the Gap in a Society that's Warring with God. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Christine @ Serenity How? http://www.minthegap.com/2008/05/05/making-my-point/comment-page-1/#comment-80708 Christine @ Serenity How? Tue, 06 May 2008 19:52:01 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/05/05/making-my-point/#comment-80708 Prolonging his life in prison is also cruel to his victims, I believe. I know it sounds harsh, but to allow someone to serve out a life sentence in some way lessens the severity of what he did and I think devalues the lives of those he damaged. Christine @ Serenity How?s last blog post..<a href="http://serenityhow.com/?p=130">The Ways of the Lawn - Part 2</a> Prolonging his life in prison is also cruel to his victims, I believe. I know it sounds harsh, but to allow someone to serve out a life sentence in some way lessens the severity of what he did and I think devalues the lives of those he damaged.

Christine @ Serenity How?s last blog post..The Ways of the Lawn - Part 2

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2008/05/05/making-my-point/comment-page-1/#comment-80700 MInTheGap Tue, 06 May 2008 14:08:08 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/05/05/making-my-point/#comment-80700 @Christine @ Serenity How?: You're right. Prison would be much too comfortable compared to what he did to his kids. My wife suggested locking him in a 5x5 cell for the rest of his life. @AG: If the "debt to society" is so big that these people should never see the light of day again, why fund them in prison giving them television, personal fitness, education, etc. I'm not meaning to be as crass as this sounds, but if a given "wrong" deserves never coming back into society, it would be merciful to let the man die. Prolonging his life in a prison <i>is</i> equivalent to extracting some kind of revenge, even if it's not equivalent. @Christine @ Serenity How?: You’re right. Prison would be much too comfortable compared to what he did to his kids. My wife suggested locking him in a 5×5 cell for the rest of his life.

@AG: If the “debt to society” is so big that these people should never see the light of day again, why fund them in prison giving them television, personal fitness, education, etc. I’m not meaning to be as crass as this sounds, but if a given “wrong” deserves never coming back into society, it would be merciful to let the man die. Prolonging his life in a prison is equivalent to extracting some kind of revenge, even if it’s not equivalent.

]]> By: AG http://www.minthegap.com/2008/05/05/making-my-point/comment-page-1/#comment-80690 AG Mon, 05 May 2008 20:56:12 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/05/05/making-my-point/#comment-80690 I was thinking the exact same thing, Christine. In my opinion, prison's primary purpose is not to exact revenge, make the criminal remorseful, or prepare them to re-enter society as law-abiding citizens. Its purpose is protecting the public. Anything after that is a secondary priority. Just get these guys off the streets so they don't harm anyone else. AGs last blog post..<a href="http://talmidah-b-yeshua.blogspot.com/2008/05/crazy-beautiful.html">Crazy Beautiful!</a> I was thinking the exact same thing, Christine. In my opinion, prison’s primary purpose is not to exact revenge, make the criminal remorseful, or prepare them to re-enter society as law-abiding citizens. Its purpose is protecting the public. Anything after that is a secondary priority. Just get these guys off the streets so they don’t harm anyone else.

AGs last blog post..Crazy Beautiful!

]]> By: Christine @ Serenity How? http://www.minthegap.com/2008/05/05/making-my-point/comment-page-1/#comment-80688 Christine @ Serenity How? Mon, 05 May 2008 19:09:50 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/05/05/making-my-point/#comment-80688 There's no way he would suffer the same agony as the children did anyway. It can't even come close to the physical and emotional horrors they experienced. The police department's idea of revenge fails on that point. Christine @ Serenity How?s last blog post..<a href="http://serenityhow.com/?p=129">Saturday? More Like Scattered Day</a> There’s no way he would suffer the same agony as the children did anyway. It can’t even come close to the physical and emotional horrors they experienced. The police department’s idea of revenge fails on that point.

Christine @ Serenity How?s last blog post..Saturday? More Like Scattered Day

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