Evidence shows death penalty saves lives

[sandman]

Oh, now the NY Times is worth reading huh?

 

are you trying to suggest that i ever stated it wasn't???

I'm more than trying...

any proof?

or can i assume that this is yet ANOTHER example of you creating false arguments for people?

just because a newspaper (or other media) is biased, doesn't mean it's not worth reading. there would be very little to read or watch if that was the case. 

[freedom78]

Economists like nothing more than to apply their theories to areas where they don't belong, but I'm not sure that's the case here.  Of course, they're assuming a rational pattern of behavior, and the distinction between murder and, say, manslaughter is 100% important to the conclusions they draw. 

Of course, there's also the fact that non-death penalty countries also have lower homicide rates than the US, which may speak to the fact that we're just fucked up. 

To economists, it is obvious that if the cost of an activity rises, the amount of the activity will drop.

This is the basic premise of the article, but it comes with a contradiction.  You can only be executed once, and having committed a murder, you're eligible for execution (at least in some states).  So, then, shouldn't anyone who has committed murder then become a serial murderer?  Buy one, get one (or as many as you can before you're caught) free! 

[JMack]

I always found the Times a very frustrating paper to read.  It's too complicated with all that folding and hard as hell crossword.  It's like a work out.  You get sweaty and there's ink every where.  It's just a mess on a Sunday! Knocking over things on the table.   I think we should execute people who write for the Times.  If thats too over the top, we should give prisoners the paper to read they may just be frustrated straight.

[freedom78]

I always found the Times a very frustrating paper to read.  It's too complicated with all that folding and hard as hell crossword.  It's like a work out.  You get sweaty and there's ink every where.  It's just a mess on a Sunday! Knocking over things on the table.   I think we should execute people who write for the Times.  If thats too over the top, we should give prisoners the paper to read they may just be frustrated straight.

   ...and I don't like the WSJ, with all those little pixelated black and white pics.

[JMack]

Light the torches and get all the implements of destruction together.? We'll meet at LaGuardia Airport and start with the closest building in College Point, nap and then hit the city.

Oh forget it Hanna Montana is on tonight sorry.