None of the above. My sig says it all.

If a person wants to willingly physically harm another person it always deserves death.

HAHAHAHA

Wait, you're serious? Holy cow. Thank goodness you're not in charge of making any laws.

EDIT: Sorry, I'm stupid.

TQ, there is so much sarcasm going on, I can't tell if you're serious.

Uhm.... Well crap. I didn't notice it was Vister. Now I feel stupid.

But I mean, judging from some of the replies in this thread, one might think that someone actually thinks that way.

It was a double bait and switch. Because that's actually my real opinion.

As someone who suffered enough at the hands of idiots and brutes I do believe that people out to destroy other lives have no right to breath the same air as me. If I was the ones making laws we would not have lifetime prisoners or death rows. Instant bullet to the head is so much cheaper than spending my hard earned money to support disfunct subjects who actively work against society. Too bad our society jerks off to the thought that murderers and voilent criminals deserve a better life than their victims.

Excuse me? They decided to burglar people. The person ALREADY threw out their rights, to begin with. At no point is burglary justifyable. Unless the world has already ended. Your comment makes you sound like those lawyers that defend shit burglars like this.

This goes under the premise that people can't change though... Your view is pessimistic which, I understand because I disdain society as a whole but that doesn't mean we can't change. We are all to varying degrees products of society. I think that there are other social structures we should examine before deciding that a violent individual needs to die. Or, for instance, what if someone made a regrettably violent act out of love? Such as a love triangle? That doesn't necessarily define who they are entirely as a person. It is but one aspect. Or what about someone that actively hates humanity but loves this planet and it's creatures? I'm not going to pretend to know your story Vivster, as we all come from different walks of life. But meeting violence with violence will only perpetuate more violence. If that weren't so then the world wouldn't forever be at war with itself. And that's why and where things need to change.

edit - and self defense is reasonable. But "defense" is the word, not self offense. There are methods and ways to incapacitate or disable a threat without taking a life in the process.

In that case... what the fuck.  KK m8 death penalty for stealing a 50 cent chocolate bar seems pretty fair... Or do you think that's too extreme? Hard to tell what *is* too extreme for you when your opinions are that extreme.

If a Burglar or whatever, does the same type crime, after awhile. They lose redemption. It's the same reason why people get mad at villians in comics. Batman would be over, if he stopped giving chances. After a certain point.

If the person has a gun or knife. Then that person is a fucking fool. To risk their life, over a candy bar, to begin with. If they don't. Then kick their ass, and send them to basic jail.