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Originally Posted by kororain
Nope. I don't believe that at all. I believe there are some people who are so horrible they deserve to be dead. I don't want our prisons to even pay for them to be alive in there. Some crimes are unforgiveable.
Now my extreme stance likely doesn't reflect on anyone HERE. (Unless you're like a serial killer or something.) So I get what you're saying, Hazel. I just have to draw that line at those who irrevocably hurt others.
I know there are people here with a lot of guilt and shame, but I have not heard a single story here of someone who isn't just hurting and wanting to be better. No one who has shared their story here is deserving of anything but understanding and forgiveness.
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I can totally understand why you would say that you don't believe that some people have inherent worth. Do you think that when they were children who were innocent, did they have worth? Did they somehow do something badly enough to lose that worth? If so, where is that line drawn? Or is it possible that, like I have said above, they hide their worth by evil deeds. I'm not saying they shouldn't be punished. I'm not even saying they should remain alive. But is it possible that even though it would benefit the world to have them gone, they might still retain just a spark of that original innocent worth?