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I'm hoping you're not saying this in real life. Probably getting a lotta these ๐ after nuggets of wisdom like that.
Why are you so sure they're incapable of being rehabilitated? Humans are just black and white to you?
I'm sure as hell that the death penalty would do practically nothing to solve road deaths. Considering the US is far worse than us in road deaths, and they have the death penalty. It's almost like we shouldn't design our cities around everyone being required to drive :O
This obviously doesn't absolve this arsehole of blame here. He's clearly done the wrong thing, and deserves punishment and years (more than he received) in prison. But it's just not the Australian way to kill criminals. Even for murder.
Anyway. I would strongly suggest you keep your pro-death penalty stance online only (your opinion, while I disagree with you, very strongly, is welcomed here. Online).
This all assumes you live in Australia, or basically anywhere in the developed world other than the US.
People will judge you, rightly, in my opinion.
I'll judge you for defending a murdering piece of shit like him, and justly. Be ready to die by someone texting while driving all you want, I'd rather see the death penalty for actions like his. No excuse to be so blatantly negligent
You simply don't understand why most people in this country are against the death penalty.
I'm not defending his actions whatsoever, even want to see his sentence extended.
If you'd like to actually read my position as to why I, and most of this country (though perhaps not for the same reasons as me) are against the death penalty, you will see you're being a bit dishonest by saying I'm defending him.
You've literally just repeated the same thing twice.
And it looks like you don't want to actually engage in an honest defence as to why society should have the death penalty.