[Buddha-l] Beyond Hope

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Gad Horowitz schreef:

>It's SO EASY for us righteous "liberals"--hey, we're "compassionate"
>"buddhists too--to oppose the death penalty.  Whatever happened to the
>movement for PRISON ABOLITION?  Eugene Debs:"While there is a soul in
>prison, I am not free".  He did'nt say "innocent soul"
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I'm not against deathpenalty because of me, but because it's just wrong and it brings more sorrow then it is supposed to prevent or alleviate.
Moreover I think the thought of revenge is too easy and also that a society shouldn't just get rid of it's mistakes, but try to make them right and learn from them. I don't think we should reinvent the kastesystem and consider some people to be born as criminals, nor ignore the influence of society with the excuse of a cheap and easy voluntarism.

Erik


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