Again and again: No to death penalty!

INDEED,

nowadays the death penalty is unacceptable, however grave the crime of the convicted person is. It is an offense to the inviolability of life and to the dignity of the human person... Nor is it consonant with any just purpose of punishment. It does not really render justice to victims, but instead fosters vengeance. The Commandment ‘ Thou shall not kill’ has absolute value and applies both to the innocent and to the guilty.”

(Pope First and foremost, it is not only in all circumstances, at all times. Francis, 21 June 2016, Oslo, 6th World Congress against Death Penalty). right but also proper to take good So it is that such pro-death and note of several key observations – thus deadly individuals constitute specifically about the above- cited a truly big liability for civilization Fifth Commandment. First, it has in honest pursuit of truth, justice been expressly said and formally and peace. given precisely by the Author of Life Delusional i ndividuals – itself some thousands of years ago especially those in command of and it remains exactly the same to secular power or in tenure of popular these times – and those yet to come. civil persuasion for one reason

Second, i t i s short i n i t s or another – infallibly think and wording, simple in its meaning and consider themselves as some kind of straightforward in its understanding. special persons, distinct individuals.

Third, it is absolute in content They are convinced they know better and spirit – no “If ”, no “But” nor and are thus even brighter and any conditionally at all of any kind mightier than everybody else – God thereto appended. well-included.

Those who dare say that the To say that they are a danger to penalty of death is right and proper, their own selves, to their perceived the just and ethical response to any enemies for one reason or another man or woman found guilty of any and to the people in general is an given heinous crime – be those who understatement. There are even dare say so are kings or presidents, those who say that such individuals politicians or the so-called “crime do not really belong to civilized watchers” of one kind or another – society. are not simply playing petty goods The truth of the matter is that but are in effect convinced that they even killing oneself – suicide – in one are better, wiser and even mightier form or another such as by hanging than God whose Sixth Commandment or shooting oneself, jumping from the is absolute, viz., meant for all peoples, rooftop or the like, is taboo as well.

Reason: The person concerned did not give life to himself/herself. The truth is that even the so-called “mercy killing” is still killing someone and thus remains well-covered by the Fifth Commandment.

Let it be herein expressly said and well noted that there is a whale of a difference between self-defense of one’s own life made possible only by killing someone precisely desirous of killing the former. Such is precisely saving one’s own life made possible only by precisely doing away with the life of his/her would-be killer.

By the way, if ever the Law on Death Penalty were passed, those responsible for its approval should be the ones who one after another should personally kill the convicts one by one. This is fair./

PN