Execution

**sabbath** · 09-04-2003, 12:35 AM

Anyway, nice to get rid of a scum.

Let's try, though, to keep in mind that there are other larger scale killers, who are not gonna be touched at all...

**3rd gen noob** · 09-04-2003, 12:43 AM

Originally posted by kAb@4 September 2003 - 00:35
meh, he deserves it.

because u disagree with a certain practice is no reason to kill him and a friend.

see what religion does?

nothing but killing and destruction.

of course, one could argue that a doctor who performs abortions is nothing more than a hired killer

**hobbes** · 09-04-2003, 01:28 AM

Execution in this case was pointless, as the man was motivated by a perceived higher power and his fear of death did not dissuade him from committing the act.

The purpose of the death penalty is not an expression of the "eye for an eye" mentality, but rather to put fear into the minds of those about to commit violent acts.

In this case, we have a minister who felt compelled to kill. If his actions were just, how did his church feel? Well, they excommunicated him. Was he acting bravely when he shot the 3 people, compelled by a moral imperative. Why then did he run? He was a confused man, not a martyr.

Bottom line:

1) He was a mental defective. All it takes is one look at his countenence to see that his eggs are scrambled. Pictured here, Paul can't wait to get down to the laundry room to be sodomized.

2) In the delusional world of the mental defective, the concept of the death penalty plays no role (so its' position as a deterrent is impotent).

So in this case, Paul Hill and the death penalty are both bad things- 2 wrongs, you know the rest.

**clocker** · 09-04-2003, 01:32 AM

Originally posted by 3rd gen noob@3 September 2003 - 18:43

of course, one could argue that a doctor who performs abortions is nothing more than a hired killer

Well, 3GN, you may argue that point till the cows come home and I might even be persuaded to listen.

But if you think that Mr. Hill is vindicated by his disagreement with the law, then we have a problem.

**3rd gen noob** · 09-04-2003, 01:40 AM

Originally posted by clocker@4 September 2003 - 01:32
But if you think that Mr. Hill is vindicated by his disagreement with the law, then we have a problem.

absolutely not
he is in contradiction with the law and should therefore be punished

edit: that was a sweeping statement, but it applies here

**clocker** · 09-04-2003, 01:56 AM

Oh, okay.

I tend to agree with Hobbes on this one, but for a different reason.

Hill is being handed the role of martyr on a platter tonight, and many of the more extreme anti-abortion folks are going to step up their terrorist activities, I fear.