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I am a woolly liberal and thus opposed to the death penalty, and yet when certain particularly heinous criminals are brutally beaten or slaughtered in prison it's hard not to feel some sense of delight. Or at least not feel any sense of sorrow. Maybe even slight satisfaction at the inhumane way in which they are killed.
Surely, to the woolly liberal, an efficient and humane execution is preferable to the kind of brutal prison justice?
Nope, the woolly liberal would not countenance the death penalty. And is at least a little bit happy that other notorious killers are serving their sentences in constant fear of the same thing happening to them. And has a few other names of murderers that they'd quite like to see this happen to.
Surely a woolly liberal wouldn't have almost preferred it if the heinous criminal had had to live on, with terrible injuries, so he would suffer even more? How could a person be against the death penalty, but be up for a more barbaric punishment, even if it's just the unending psychological torture of being locked up with murderers who would do anything to harm you if they could?
Could a woolly liberal view the person who murdered the despicable human a sort of hero, even though their own previous crimes are of the kind where you might think they deserve some retribution too?
What a complicated thing the human brain is. At least until it gets beaten repeatedly with a spiked metal pole.
You don't see many woolly liberals piping up about all this being bad though. So I guess just as murderers have a point where they will think, "Nope, that murderer went too far", so woolly liberals have their limits too.
There's a special place in Hell for these guys, of course. But is it good special or bad special. If the devil is in charge of Hell, surely the worse you are, the better you are treated. Or does God decide the punishments and the devil kindly carries them out for Him. If the devil hates God why is he working as the willing custodian of His penal system?
Or is Hell like prison and though it's full of the absolute worst of humanity they have a code of honour and if someone turns up who has crossed a line, then everyone else in Hell makes their life a living Hell. Even compared to regular Hell.
Imagine appalling Satan. And not in a good way. We don't want you in here mate, you'd bring the tone down.
If Hell has different levels of punishment, does good behaviour make the torture better or worse? I'd be annoyed if I'd lived a good life, but failed to guess the right god to worship and my punishment was the same as Hitler's.
I don't think Hell has really been thought through to be honest. It's a very sketchy concept. I am going to really sort things out down there when I get there.
