Do you support the death penalty?

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Ka-pi96 said:

CrazyGamer2017 said:

To put it simply, the death penalty is barbaric, unworthy of any nation that calls itself civilized and a fundamental contradiction: You tell people that life is the most precious thing and you make your point how? By murdering people?

And that's not even talking about the fact it totally does not work as a deterrent as people continue committing crimes despite the death penalty being used. It's just a way to give in to one's primitive instincts of vengeance.

When you take a look at the countries that apply the death penalty you see a pattern: Violent countries with a violent history and an inability to master their violence and get past it.

Is there even a single country that doesn't have a violent history though? Besides, I think it's safe to say that pacifist Japan have got past their violence, yet they still have a death penalty.

I wouldn't call Japan pacifist, nor any country for that matter. They're held together by a system of violence, namely the police force and the military.