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used:) 08-13-2006 03:20 PM

Killing another for the overall benefit for society may seem like a logical thing to do, but killing, in my mind, is simply getting rid of the problem, not fixing it. The test of society is whether we take the easy way or the hard way. No one deserves to be killed off, no matter how much it will "improve society." Execution is about revenge, not justice.

And on a side note, I'm finding it a bit awkward hearing things from the Christian members encouraging things like killing off the weaker links. Isn't it a commandment that you can't kill another human being?

Jacob 08-13-2006 04:23 PM

"The test of society is whether we take the easy way or the hard way"

So you would agree that experimenting on the lesser echelons of society would be beneficial? I mean, if we're going to waste money on them (money that could be spent on improving education, health services yadda-yadda-yadda) we may as well try and figure out what the problem is with them, yes?

Now, we could either do this with psychological experimentation or invasive experimentation...but i'm sure the sooperest way would be to do both.

Savvy?