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Message: [QUOTE="Danoff, post: 13515138, member: 8497"] I agree. Just being thorough with the purposes. I agree. It's definitely not the same, at least because one is voluntary and one is potentially involuntary. But shooting up a movie theater to make your state kill you is a form of suicide. So they're much more related than you seem to let on. If they choose death over some other sentence, how does that make things worse? I'm actually not for the protection of the right to life for all criminal acts. I'm in favor of the death penalty - though I think programmatically it should only ever be invoked if the accused does not plea bargain to life in prison. The death penalty is expensive, and carries with it the possibility of mistake. Pragmatically, if the accused is willing to give up the possibility of getting away with it (through trail and appeal), and save the state money and time, removing themselves from society, then we should always take that. They've done us a favor. If they further decide to off themselves, saving us more time, money, more effectively removing themselves from society, and putting a guarantee on it, then they've done us a favor and we should always take it - even if it's something they prefer. For that, and other reasons, I'm in favor of protecting the right to death. I'm not in favor of the judicial system existing for punishment. I think that comes fraught with problems, including misunderstanding the various circumstances that lead up to some horrible event. [/QUOTE]

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