tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946355152392294973.post8792250397583764006..comments2024-03-27T14:30:10.887-04:00Comments on Rusty Ring: The Capital Punishment KoanRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08522501894058291952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946355152392294973.post-45714005534529428872011-11-17T22:04:05.189-05:002011-11-17T22:04:05.189-05:00Of course not. I understand the hunger of the love...Of course not. I understand the hunger of the loved ones, and of society, for recompense. When I see reports of the evil some of these death row inmates have done, my own anger flares up and I also want them to be killed, until my better judgement kicks in; there are some bad dudes in prison. But that's not our call. And far more often I see reports of men (as men are virtually the only convicts sentenced to death) who have become someone completely different in the interim. Someone much better, in fact, than those who judged and sentenced them. <br /><br />I'm a Buddhist, and I don't believe there's an angry old man in the sky who judges the dead. But for the sake of those who do, they better hope I'm right. <br /><br />(I do, however, understand karma, and _that_ we all get to pay down, every one of us in the societies that still practice this barbaric act, whether you actually pound the nails or not.) <br /><br />Thanks for the comment, Robbie!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08522501894058291952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946355152392294973.post-17126401415775567582011-11-17T20:06:30.884-05:002011-11-17T20:06:30.884-05:00Profound. My point of view has always been; even i...Profound. My point of view has always been; even if you eye for an eye the <i>killer</i>, does that magically bring the murdered back as if the act never happened?Robbie Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708885869170287258noreply@blogger.com