As much as I respect your point of view and ideas, I have some different opinions on some things. First things first about the death penalty. I support this right one hundred percent, however, I do not support our method of lethal injection. Which is made to put you in a state of unconsciousness so you can’t register pain, afterwards you receive more injections to stop breathing and heartbeat. Using this humane method on criminals doesn’t seem fair when they probably weren’t so humane whenever they committed their crimes/murders. No I think they should suffer, and I don’t mean rotting in jail for their entire life. Nowadays prisons are like another home for most inmates, just with more walls. You still have prison gangs and smuggling going on inside. I don’t think life in there is as painful as it should be. Perhaps our prison guards should start expressing some serious brutality towards the prisoners who misbehave. In my eyes, serving justice means that the criminal should suffer just as much as the victim did if not more. If the criminal beats someone to a pulp, we should beat them. If they raped someone, rape them. If they killed someone, put them to death. Why do I think like this? Because I believe the potential criminals in Texas today aren’t afraid of the police, prison, and a painless death sentence. Therefore, they see little consequences if they have little or nothing to lose, or just don’t care.
As for repairing the problems… We can try to improve their mental health. But I question how far this would take us. If we applied help to criminals currently in prison, it would help some possibly, but most I think would be a lost cause. Those who are mentally sick who aren’t in prison yet can’t really get help unless they seek it, and who likes to admit they have mental problems or that they want to (seriously) kill someone?
Executing an inmate might not be addressing the problem, but that doesn’t mean every inmate deserves the right to live. And as long as Right and Wrong exists in this world, wrong is never going to go away. Also everyone’s idea of justice isn’t going to be the same. It’s just something we’re going to have to live with whether we like it or not.
Last but not least, your article was well written and thought out, which made for a good read. Nice job.
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In Justin’s Restrictions for Sex Offenders, he mentions that the “Texas Senate approved a bill that would put in place new restrictions on registered sex offenders. The bill would restrict registered sex offenders from using the Internet or other social networking sites, if their conviction involved an Internet crime. In addition, they would have to disclose their online identities to authorities. Some offenders convicted of sex crimes involving violence or soliciting minors on the Internet would be prohibited from having Internet access.”
ReplyDeleteHe then continues his argument with great disgust towards sex offenders. It is very obvious when he says, “I would place these fellas along with many others on the receiving end of a brass knuckle. There wouldn't be a need for long prison sentences, just disfigure their face for the rest of their life. So every time they look in a mirror they'll remember the punishment,” that he deeply wishes this bill to pass!
However, I love playing the devil’s advocate. Everything has two sides, two stories (at the least). It becomes very dangerous when a person doesn’t address this.
Don’t get me wrong, I, too, am very disgusted by rapist, pedophiles, and as Justin would put it “sick internet pervs;” however, we tend to forget that our society today is taking a huge role in the development of all of this. The media, in my opinion, are the sick ones. They persuade young girls into believing that wearing provocative clothes and a pound of make-up is attractive. I have seen 12 year olds that I wouldn’t think are a day younger than 17. Their language is more advanced. The music they listen to. The way they dance. The things they watch. As a result, everything is making them appear older. Their desire is to be surrounded by an older crowd. This, in my opinion, is disgusting. Parents are putting their 6 year old daughters in beauty pageants that force them to be all of this and where do the pictures or videos get posted at? The internet. It’s like flashing a juicy piece of steak in front of a dog. It’s cruel.
So really, who’s fault is it? Is it someone that was born into the world with a sick mind? Or sane minds flashing a juice steak? In my opinion, we all need a little work.