virus: Re: FAQ ideas (fwd)
Joel Bradford Klammer (klammer@acs.ucalgary.ca)
Tue, 7 Nov 95 9:59:23 MST
> >Death Rules! :-) When the state kills someone, it is (usually) extingishing
> >their memes and possibly their genes. Is this desirable? Does the meme
> >complex of "If you perform such and such an act, we will kill you." work?
> > What are our alternatives?
Regardless of whether the death penalty is a deterrent, the cost
is that the state will probably eventually execute an innocent person.
IMO, this is _the_ decisive argument against it.
Joel