For cases where the person has proven a complete disregard for human life, or otherwise shown they don't care about others rights/freedoms, do you believe some sort of physical punishment would be just?
Example: A man kidnaps a girl, brainwashes her into looking to him as her 'master' or her caretaker, and keeps her locked up to play out sexual fantasies/tortures on her. Eventually she escapes (after refusing to do so in spite of many chances, because she'd been told he had her submitted in a database and if she was reported escaped, people would kill her family), the man can only be given jail time.
Now, I couldn't illustrate the monstrosities this man committed, google it yourself if you'd like, but I believe some people deserve more than 'just jail'. IE, whipping, possibly daily. Or other methods of the sort, while in captivity... But, only because I'll admit some of the things I'd like to see done to people aren't exactly humane and never would be endorsed.
Now, on another note, do you believe people who commit crimes should be punished as harshly if they were for example, a victims father?
IMO, if a mans daughter were raped and murdered and the guilty man got a (far too common) light sentence, I'd feel it a terrible injustice to sentence him to murder if he took the law into his own hands and killed/otherwise brought justice upon the convict.
BEFORE I hear any 'that makes you just as bad as them', I'd like you to take into consideration that I've been told this many times before and it's never changed my opinion. I believe once a man impresses himself upon another being's life regardless of the person's freedoms/wants/right to live, he forfeits the rights which he forcibly took from the victim.
Example: A man rapes and slits the throat of a guys daughter. I don't believe that, if the law isn't going to punish him properly, that they should protect him from the backlash of what he did.
Not to say if someone does something, you should be given all-out permission to do things unto them, but in the cases where it does happen, do you think it's fair to punish the vigilante without due consideration of their circumstances?
EDIT: My choice, depends on the circumstances. People shouldn't just be allowed to go around shooting each other, but when a man who otherwise was never a threat to society and always was a reasonable guy decides to go out and kill somebody for some reason, someone should point out 'Wait guys maybe this guy was ASKING for it...'.
Just my 459 cents.
Edited by mrPomroy, 22 November 2009 - 12:39 PM.
