tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130919.post3241363886208400688..comments2023-10-29T03:23:55.205-05:00Comments on Our Paradise--Life in Costa Rica: Hot Topic #3--Capital PunishmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130919.post-70084014283271614942008-09-19T20:39:00.000-05:002008-09-19T20:39:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hobby Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443758586679970990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130919.post-77543457537682992152008-09-16T21:33:00.000-05:002008-09-16T21:33:00.000-05:00I'm pro-choice and anti-death penalty. I feel tha...I'm pro-choice and anti-death penalty. I feel that women have the right to choose - but I don't feel like the government has a right to kill someone. <BR/><BR/>I do not agree that life begins at the moment of conception. If I believed that - I would believe the forms of birth control pills I have used in the past were abortion, since they stopped a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. I would also be considered a "self aborter" - as I've had uterine ablation and while I still produce eggs, a fertilized egg cannot implant itself in my uterine lining as it is nothing but scar tissue.<BR/><BR/>I don't see abortion in the first 6-8 weeks of pregnancy as murder, though I wouldn't have an abortion myself.<BR/><BR/>And while I am pro-choice, I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, pro-abortion. <BR/><BR/>I see the death penalty as state sanctioned murder. Plain and simple.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884386103527904830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130919.post-34987302419960773472008-09-16T13:26:00.000-05:002008-09-16T13:26:00.000-05:00Andrea:For me, that question is easy. When someon...Andrea:<BR/><BR/>For me, that question is easy. When someone gets an abortion, at least in my mind and scientifically, you are not killing a human. You are stopping a cell(s) from turning into a human. At the point most people are getting an abortion, the fetus is not viable on it's own. <BR/><BR/>If on the other hand, one believes that at the moment of conception, there is a human, then I can see why your question would pose a problem, but I personally do not think conception=human life.<BR/><BR/>If that made sense, LOL.Lori Anne Haskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06876687764303847012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130919.post-51798664575886477282008-09-16T13:22:00.000-05:002008-09-16T13:22:00.000-05:00Hhhhmm...just out of curiousity...why is someone w...Hhhhmm...just out of curiousity...why is someone who's Pro-Life but for the death penalty a hyprocrit, but not the other way around? I guess I'd like to hear the thoughs of those who are Pro-Choice and Anti-Death penalty.<BR/><BR/>Me? Personally...I'm against the death penalty. I can't fathom taking ANYONE'S life...a murder OR an unborn child.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204415329892149964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130919.post-14693450226985866062008-09-16T08:15:00.000-05:002008-09-16T08:15:00.000-05:00Wow, it costs 2 MILLION dollars to give someone th...Wow, it costs 2 MILLION dollars to give someone the death penalty?? 2 million per person? How can that cost that much?Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06179853336334030381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130919.post-33008809514887938762008-09-16T07:18:00.000-05:002008-09-16T07:18:00.000-05:00I am against the death penalty. On a basic level,...I am against the death penalty. On a basic level, if the person is indeed gulity, then putting them to death does nothing. If they are alive, they can think about what they've done... assuming there is a conscience in there!<BR/><BR/>What I don't agree with, on some level, is the "rights" that prisoners have. I think that if they are convicted of a crime, they should give up some of their rights. I'm not talking ALL across the board... just certain ones. <BR/><BR/>Being a free American citizen has its privileges and if one is convicted, some of those rights should be removed. With that, don't even get me started on the rights that illegal immigrants have!COLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13966419740788127677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130919.post-32491040962668799122008-09-15T22:56:00.000-05:002008-09-15T22:56:00.000-05:00I am against the death penalty. For all of the re...I am against the death penalty. For all of the reasons you state. <BR/><BR/>And I call people who are for the death penalty but against abortion because they believe in the sanctity of life hypocrites.<BR/><BR/>And "Christians" who are for the death penalty absolutely blow my mind. The New Testament is very clear about turning the other cheek, forgiving seventy times seven, and revenge belonging ONLY to God.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884386103527904830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130919.post-59885395188284291772008-09-15T21:38:00.000-05:002008-09-15T21:38:00.000-05:00The death penalty is nothing more than state sanct...The death penalty is nothing more than state sanctioned murder. I am against it 100%. <BR/><BR/>And I agree with you on the religious aspect. If a person or religious organization or political party is 'pro life' then be pro life all the way -- a life is a life. There are people and religious organizations that believe this and follow through all the way with their thinking.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330801793315398985noreply@blogger.com