Is there ever a need to play god?
Recent events have shocked the general public to the core. The release of Baby P's 'mother', Ian Watkins admitting to attempted baby rape, two men decapitating a soldier on a busy London street in broad day light, Jihad on Malala's head for demanding to go to school and the murder of a Afghan captive by a marine. This brings a very important question into play. Is there ever a right time for capital punishment?
I don't believe anyone has the right to play God. Under any circumstances. The law bases itself around the religious premises set out by the 10 commandments. Basically, you shouldn't do anything that harms another human being. I think this is sound logic. Both are very clear on 'thou shalt not kill'. There isn't a caveat of 'as long as you don't break any commandments/laws'. What Ian Watkins did was abhorrent. The man should never see the light of day again. Even though it's going to cost the tax payer millions to keep him jail, that is a small price to pay for his retribution and the closure it gives his victims. By victims, I don't just mean the children he abused and their families, but also his family and band members. The ramifications will be felt by everyone who's had any connection to him. So should he be granted an easy escape? He'll be pushed off this mortal coil into nothingness, while the people he leaves behind will lead the rest of their lives picking up the pieces of a life he destroyed.
The Woolwich Two are nothing short of two deranged, disillusioned and desperate young men. This smokescreen of 'in the name of Islam' is laughable. No one wakes up one morning and says 'I'm going to prove my devotion to God by standing outside an army barracks and wait for a soldier to come out so I can butcher him on a busy London high street in the middle of day'. Yeah, because that won't give a world already weary of Islam ammo (literally and figuratively) to bomb more Islamic countries?! That act wasn't for God; just like war, it was for self-gratification, power and glory. They shouldn't be sentenced to death nor to a life spent in the warm arms of morphine. They need lobotomies. And a very long stint on G wing with regular visits from Lee Rigby's parents and son until the object they murdered becomes a human and they're riddled with guilt over the trail of sadness and pain they've given an entire family.
The Telegraph is rallying for a lenient sentence of the marine who murdered his captive. The footage is sickening, but this is ok because he's been under severe emotional stress due to being soldier at war. Sorry, but wasn't that in the job description? Should I become an internet troll and claim that it's the terrible stress I'm under having to think of words all the time?! He should be punished as a murderer. The truth is, for many death is the only suitable punishment, but I see it as an easy way out. Being incarcerated is harsh. Never being able to eat what you want, watch what you want, get away from it all, socialise with whom you please, missing out crucial human relationships and basic life experiences.
Those two kids who murdered Jamie Bulger sicken me to the pit of my stomach. They went to jail at 11 years old and released at 20. Think about everything you did during those 10 years - school, college, university, jobs, getting drunk, losing your virginity, learning to drive, holidays, travelling, etc. Now think about how many times those experiences come up in every day conversation. Those two kids are now forever polarised from society. They'll never be able to integrate. They'll never be normal. They've missed out on the best and most crucial parts of their lives. Is this not the worst punishment of all?
First published on 04/12/2013
I don't believe anyone has the right to play God. Under any circumstances. The law bases itself around the religious premises set out by the 10 commandments. Basically, you shouldn't do anything that harms another human being. I think this is sound logic. Both are very clear on 'thou shalt not kill'. There isn't a caveat of 'as long as you don't break any commandments/laws'. What Ian Watkins did was abhorrent. The man should never see the light of day again. Even though it's going to cost the tax payer millions to keep him jail, that is a small price to pay for his retribution and the closure it gives his victims. By victims, I don't just mean the children he abused and their families, but also his family and band members. The ramifications will be felt by everyone who's had any connection to him. So should he be granted an easy escape? He'll be pushed off this mortal coil into nothingness, while the people he leaves behind will lead the rest of their lives picking up the pieces of a life he destroyed.
The Woolwich Two are nothing short of two deranged, disillusioned and desperate young men. This smokescreen of 'in the name of Islam' is laughable. No one wakes up one morning and says 'I'm going to prove my devotion to God by standing outside an army barracks and wait for a soldier to come out so I can butcher him on a busy London high street in the middle of day'. Yeah, because that won't give a world already weary of Islam ammo (literally and figuratively) to bomb more Islamic countries?! That act wasn't for God; just like war, it was for self-gratification, power and glory. They shouldn't be sentenced to death nor to a life spent in the warm arms of morphine. They need lobotomies. And a very long stint on G wing with regular visits from Lee Rigby's parents and son until the object they murdered becomes a human and they're riddled with guilt over the trail of sadness and pain they've given an entire family.
The Telegraph is rallying for a lenient sentence of the marine who murdered his captive. The footage is sickening, but this is ok because he's been under severe emotional stress due to being soldier at war. Sorry, but wasn't that in the job description? Should I become an internet troll and claim that it's the terrible stress I'm under having to think of words all the time?! He should be punished as a murderer. The truth is, for many death is the only suitable punishment, but I see it as an easy way out. Being incarcerated is harsh. Never being able to eat what you want, watch what you want, get away from it all, socialise with whom you please, missing out crucial human relationships and basic life experiences.
Those two kids who murdered Jamie Bulger sicken me to the pit of my stomach. They went to jail at 11 years old and released at 20. Think about everything you did during those 10 years - school, college, university, jobs, getting drunk, losing your virginity, learning to drive, holidays, travelling, etc. Now think about how many times those experiences come up in every day conversation. Those two kids are now forever polarised from society. They'll never be able to integrate. They'll never be normal. They've missed out on the best and most crucial parts of their lives. Is this not the worst punishment of all?
First published on 04/12/2013
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