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In response to "If someone confesses to killing a massive amount of people and continues to through a trial, they are as guilty as they need to be." by Ultron

Again, you're missing the point.

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Apr 8 '15, 12:49

The point is you don't get to live in that perfect world where everything is certain and everyone makes decisions with the same level of absolute certainty you do. You have a world that has a death penalty with all of the flaws of the people who apply it. If you want to fry the guy you want fried, you have to accept that there will be other people who don't fit the bill the way you would apply it because other people are making those decisions. So if you really want it, you have to accept that there will be others that you do have regrets about. That's why I draw the line where I do.

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I understand that but it does not change what I said. It is black and white. Absolute. -- nm - Ultron Apr 8, 12:56 1
- But here' s my question for you then. I get that you're in favor in absolute certain situations, but the system that exists says that to get the - pmb Apr 8, 13:01
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- Even that would have flaws. You just don't get divine certainty and absolute fairness of application. - pmb Apr 8, 12:58

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Again, you're missing the point.

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