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		LocalH on Sept 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneratio... It's not the only reason, in my opinion. My philosophy is that no human has the right to take the life of another, for any reason (outside of direct self-defense). It's basically an expansion on Blackstone's formulation - "it is better to let 10 guilty persons live than that one innocent be murdered"

zipwitch on Sept 21, 2018 [–]

This sort of discussion always puts me in mind of what J.R.R. Tolkien said (via Gandalf),

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement."

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