Society needs death penalty

IN ABRAHAMIC epistemology, a human has the ability to rise above the rank of an angel in the Creator’s judgement or fall below the rank of an animal.

Since apartheid, colonialism, slavery damaged our thinking, our leaders, out of fear, evolved a human rights culture which is not entirely based on durable rationality. Thus the high level of violent crime and brutality in South Africa is, ironically, a direct result of our human rights culture.

Example, the reported murder of a Scottish grandmother, 74, at the hands of a teenage girl. The teen mutilated the granny in such a horrific manner that investigators were shocked. Tabloids published accounts of how the teen had sought a life of crime and murder.

We could investigate the history of the teen and so on for another 20 years, but the reality remains that the teen dismembered another human like a wild animal.

Ironically, this teen will now cost South African taxpayers millions in upkeep. This includes lodging, medical care, food, security, etc.

Similarly, another report detailed a drug-addicted couple who burnt their lodgings, killing their two babies. For years I have advocated that addicts be sterilised as they pose a risk to themselves and others.

Kids cannot be trusted with addicts as logic infers that addicts are dangerous. Their selfish desire to feed their addiction mitigates against logical thought and inspires animal behaviour.

Thus, for as long as our justice system plays political games and does not punish those who encourage addiction and crime, our crime problem will remain unsolvable. This opinion is enforced by the headline, “Infighting cripples intelligence agencies” (Cape Argus, June 21).

The point is that crime is solvable when those with authority think logically and utilise the Torah, Bible and Qur’an as a foundation for a genuine system of justice that benefits society as a collective.

This necessitates the return of the death penalty for murder and violent crime, etc. Only when the security of society as a collective is the priority and the infinite rights of criminals are curtailed will society perhaps develop in a civilised manner that promotes economic growth and so on.