I completely aagree with abolishing the death penalty.  I was responding
to later parts of the message,and with ghastly editor at that.
wcm>
> At 05:59 PM 15/05/2000 -0700, William Meecham wrote:
> >God help us this is childish drivvel.  The super rich families:
> >Rockfeller
> >Ford, Dupont, Mellon EAH one have net worth  of over a trillion $.
> >whiatis this crap about dope.
>
> I have no idea what you mean by that.  Would you care to elaborate?  In
> case you missed my point, let me restate it.  The death penalty is used to
> kill poor murderers and not rich ones.  Given that this is unavoidable -
> justice serves the rich - the death penalty should be abolished.  This is
> leaving aside the most important reason why it should go; killing is
> immoral no matter who's doing it.
>
> Alister
>
> > >
> > > At 10:36 PM 12/05/2000 -0400, Issodhos @aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > >    That said, it would seem quite difficult to determine, without
> > allowing
> > > >subjectiveness to enter into the equation, who would be considered rich or
> > > >poor.  Would a crack peddler pulling down 5 thousand dollars a week be
> > > >categorized as rich?  And there is the question of whether we want to even
> > > >hint at the idea that murdering a fellow human being can be
> > rationalized away
> > > >by claiming economic disparity.
> > >
> > > Who said anything about rationalising murder?  I'd suggest that the
> > > majority of victims of state-supported murder come from the lower class -
> > > low socio-economic status, if you prefer.  I'd suggest that rich murderers
> > > can not only afford better lawyers, but are also more likely to be seen as
> > > pillars of society, who couldn't possibly be executed.  This may be because
> > > they're closer to having common class backgrounds to the judges imposing
> > > death penalties.
> > >
> > > This is the heart of arguments which state that the death penalty is
> > > applied unfairly.
> > >
> > > Alister
> > >
>
>
> "If anarchists are capable of authoritarian attitudes ... I should
> no more hail one as a comrade, sight unseen, than I would a state
> trooper or used-car dealer.  The label is not a warranty."
>          -- My Anarchism Problem by Bob Black --
>