Re: Death penalty? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:34 pm  

Hutchie wrote:

I there another type of murder?

Only if you work for the Met.

Re: Death penalty? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:47 pm  

Dally wrote:

Offences for which the death penalty shuld be introduced, IMO:


- murder of a police office going about their duties

Would that mean its OK to kill them on there tea break ?

Re: Death penalty? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:39 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

An eye for and eye makes the whole world blind.

It's polite to reference a direct quote

Re: Death penalty? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:43 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

An eye for and eye makes the whole world blind.

Not if there is an odd number of people, it doesn't.

Re: Death penalty? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:28 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Not if there is an odd number of people, it doesn't.

Cregan only has one so it may even it up.

Re: Death penalty? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:53 pm  

Hutchie wrote:

I think they should bring it back, but only for contestants of reality TV shows.

You get eliminated, you get the chair/rope/injection.

Will make people think twice about going on X Factor or Big Brother and will make society better in general.

I honestly didn't think there was an argument in the world that could persuade me to support the death penalty, but you seem to have found one

Re: Death penalty? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:46 pm  

I'm still waiting for Dally to explain why murdering Mr Plod is more worthy of state sponsored murder than - for example - the killing of a scientist?

Re: Death penalty? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:07 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

Isn't all murder premeditated?

Wouldn't that fall under the first category, above?

Yeah, good call. We should also execute alcoholics and the mentally ill.

1. No.
2. See 1 above.
3. Drinking alcohol is not illegal, taking drugs is. A mentally ill person is deemed not to murder.

Re: Death penalty? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:08 pm  

Hutchie wrote:

Would that mean its OK to kill them on there tea break ?

Are you an imbecile? Police officers could be murdered whilst off duty by someone not aware they were a police officer.

[DaveO]

Re: Death penalty? : Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:37 pm  

Dally wrote:

Are you an imbecile? Police officers could be murdered whilst off duty by someone not aware they were a police officer.

What about plain clothes police officers? If you murdered one of those you could argue you didn't know they were a police officer or on duty. I presume you would want the perpetrator executed whereas if he topped the self same officer five minutes after he clocked off (unaware they were a police officer due to the plain clothes) its just life?