So I am against the Death Penalty. An eye for an eye has never really worked for me. So, I will not lie I follow news on the death penalty via Twitter. However, the other day I found an article that really upset me. Someone on death row is claiming that long waits on death row is cruel and unusual punishment. Now on one side I agree with him. Knowing that you are just waiting to die is cruel and unusual punishment. However, he didn't claim that the physiological things that accompany waiting to be put to death are the cruel and unusual parts. In stead he is claiming that the conditions of Death row inmates is. REALLY. If you were not going to be put to death you would be kept in an isolated cell with limited time outside. YOU KILLED SOMEONE, we are not going to let you chillax with anyone and treat you like a king. But here is the kicker, reading his claims made me feel sorry for him. Can we really ever forgive someone who has killed someone else? Can we really punish them for the rest of their lives? If we were still in nature we woudln't care. If he had more power from killing someone we might try to kill him for his power. We know that is in our human nature, How can we punish someone so harshly when their crime is truly that they could not go against their nature. Now I know I am a hiprocryte because is someone killed someone I know I would want to see them suffer. However, I think I could also eventually forgive them, if they truly showed me that they diserved forgiveness. I just dont know. Sometimes I am such a bleading heart. I think that is what is going to be the end of me, I always forgive. Sometiems it takes a great deal of time. But I always forgive, and usually I do more than forgive. I convince myself that it was all my fault anyways. Which sometimes it really is, but I am not sure if it is ALWAYs my fault.
Alright what I really want to do is work on my new play list and get up the songs that get stuck in my head! :)
Talk to you soon
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