Charged? From the article, it seems like they should be given awards!
The guy beat a 2 year old girl to death, systematically torturing the toddler over six hours. Who does that? Someone who shouldn’t be breathing, even in jail.
I identify as a humanist, and I shouldn’t be saying I support bad people being killed, but if a person is so far gone that they lack any kind of humanity whatsoever… then they don’t qualify. A mere difference in opinion does not qualify that, it’s the act and the choice of doing something that terrible to someone that small and helpless and likely enjoying it that disqualifies the individual from humanity and the sympathy or empathy of humans. Like how we all basically love dogs until one mauls a baby, then that dog has to be put down, because that’s not “Man’s Best Friend,” that’s a predator that is out to do harm and you have to stop it before it does it again.
I prefer the monsters locked in cells forever. Not for the monsters sake of course, but for the rest of us. It’s the final proof that we’re better than the worst we could be, if we refuse to ever execute anyone when there’s an alternative. Thankfully they’re rare enough that we can afford to lock them all up and treat them “well”.
Needless to say, execution by fellow inmate isn’t good enough, I want us to be better than that.
On the other hand, fuck that guy, I largely agree with your sentiment, if not the result.
I agree the bloke is awful, and his actions reprehensible.
But you do get how you’ve, literally, had to dehumanise him to justify your view, yeah?
As you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
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