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I hope that doesn't make me seem like a bad person.

I know that pro-life doesn't end at birth but I think in order to stop crimals and over flooding jails, you have to rid of the worst of the worst in order to protect others.

Now if some just make a mistake (they didn't mean or plan to kill them it just happened) and they don't see like the type of people that just go around kill, then jail time is just fine.

But some people kill for fun or they just keep doing so and don't care if people get hurt or not, that is that type of people that should be executed.


As for euthanasia, is a diffifult case to talk about. I'm not sure if they should make it legal or not but if they did, the pateint should all ways consent to it first, it should never be forced on them.
I hate that they have to die but they are going to die anyways and often are suffering greatly and it's a slow and pain thing to deal with, and often they ask for it to just end with is very sad thing to hear.

It's similer to animals. If our pets are sick and suffering, we put them to sleep to they don't have to suffer no more. The only difference is people can give consent and should do so if that is their wish.

That doesn't mean I don't care for people or only care about the life of the unborn. I don't want people to get the wrong idea.


I'm against abortion in most cases cause the baby and mother are often heathly and the baby can't give it's consent and it didn't do anything wrong so I don't see why it should be punished.

In the end, it really depends on the situation. Each one is different.

Personally, I think that no one should be put to death by the State. I would worry that someone innocent might be killed (it's happened before) and there is no way to retract that. Also, I feel that all forms of the Death Penalty (since the guillotine, at least) are cruel and unusual punishment due to the amount of suffering by the prisoner.

However, I do think that if a prisoner asks to be put to death instead of given life in prison, they should be granted such.

Oh - I think that there would be more room in prison if we legalized victim-less crimes (drug offenses and prostitution)! Over half the people in prison are there for drug related crime. I suppose that is something for another thread, though (it's on page two, actually).
I agree that Euthanasia should only be allowed for consenting patients. I think it should be legal, though. I feel that, since everyone owns their body, they also own their life and should be allowed to end it as they choose and die with dignity.

I'm against the death penalty, abortion and somewhat against Euthanasia, depending on the circumstance.

The death penalty one I just find it... well kind of stupid. You're giving the government the go ahead to kill its citizens in order to make a point that killing people is wrong. The legal system shouldn't be about revenge, when you deal in revenge the entire world goes to Hell.

I'd go into more detail, but it's almost my bedtime.

I'm for the death penalty, but not as it is now.

I believe it's a matter of self preservation if someone is really, really dangerous...but the criteria in my eyes is so strict that it would hardly ever be used (if ever). Basically, if someone kills, gets imprisoned, is released, kills again, shows no progress at being rehabilitated, etc. and is a very real threat to others...

If it was about revenge, I wouldn't support it a bit. But there's more to it than that.

Euthanasia worries me a bit. I'm afraid of things like people being pressured into it by family members or doctors, or people just giving up on others and saying, "Euthanasia is best for you," because it's easier. I wasn't worried about it until I heard about it happening in countries where this is legal. Pressure from insurance companies scares me too, but that's because I'm paranoid, insurance companies seem evil to me. It's one of those things where I think in reality, there's more room for bad than for good, but that opinion might change.

But why take the risk of them killing again in the first place?

I'd rather have them be on death row for a certain amount of time, and if - in that certain amount of time - they react well to rehabilitation and have very good behavior, put them among the general prison population and change their sentence from death to life in prison.

But I don't think any violent criminals who qualified for the death penalty should ever be let out, even if they have good behavior and appear to be rehabilitated. There is a huge difference between structured prison life and life out in The World.

I chose the second option. I don't really know why.

Euthanasia is a huge blanket term for a lot of different things. I guess I am against some and "Meh" about others.

I've never really sat down and thought about it.

I am quite fearful of the mental battle that will ensure.

Oh, I always think of "euthanasia" as being "signed consent to be taken off life support". *blush* I guess I sort of forget that it can also apply to things like someone being killed for being too old or too sick, even when they don't want to be. Which, for the record *wink* I am totally against for people, as they should have to give consent if they want to end their lives.

For very young children, I'm unsure. I guess their parents should be allowed to make the choice for them, but only if a doctor agrees that the child won't recover.