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Not to mention the fact that prison in the US is relatively luxurious. They 
get to watch
tv, play sports, read, get medical attention when needed....

Medical Illustration wrote:

> Not to sound paranoid & mean, but I have two problems with that
>
> 1.  Life imprisonment seems too kind a sentence to me.  This is a man who
> probably feels that he was acting for a righteous cause, and succeeded in
> his goal.  Therefore he has that to strengthen him throughout whatever
> hardships he encounters in prison.  And if you truly want change, hardship
> is often the only way to change someone's mind.
> 2.  What if he were to ever get out?  What if a terrorist decided to kidnap
> a high ranking official, or highjack a plane, in order to get the said
> person back?  Then they have a live hero to praise, who has been successful
> at least once.
>
> Also, to think that prison doesn't have a similar effect to killing them as
> far as creating a martyr, does not seem logical to me.  The person still
> managed to successfully complete their mission.  Now they are being punished
> by the big evil power.  And to top it off, they're alive.  What a hero!
>
> Though I won't argue about the effectiveness of the death penalty (which I
> don't think can ever truly be measured- no matter how masterful you are with
> statistics & psychology) I would argue that if we start killing these
> people, there will be some effectiveness.  These people, though they are
> evil, are fairly unique.  They are singularly strong, charismatic, and rich
> leaders.  That is part of the reason that they keep succeeding in their
> goals, against whatever odds, with limited resources.  Kill enough of them
> before they can breed, and take advantage of natural selection.
>
> Drew
> On 9/13/01 4:22 PM, "Thomas Beckett" <thomas AT tbeckett.com> wrote:
>
> > Medical Illustration wrote:
> >> However, what exactly does anyone see as a good, non violent reaction to
> >> this?  Someone earlier mentioned capturing & imprisoning the responsible
> >> parties, but I don't see that as a possibility without extreme violence
> >> coming to both sides...  So what exactly would a non violent solution 
> >> look
> >> like in this case?
> >
> > Well, it worked with the embassy bombing suspects.  One of the main
> > defendants was captured in Pakistan and extracted to the U.S.  Now he's
> > in prison for life.
> >
> > TaB
> >
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