I looked at it that way too. Against capital punishment. But then I got to thinking that if I had a poisonous snake crawling next to my child outside and the only way to save my child from being bitten or killed was to slay the snake. The snake goes out. Our world is now full of snakes, and we must round them all up and eradicate them so they can no longer harm our children or us ever again. So you're right, nothing else will work.
Well, look at it this way. We are taking an eye for an eye or an evil for an evil. We are not harming anyone who has done us any harm. They deserve what they get.
I looked at it that way too. Against capital punishment. But then I got to thinking that if I had a poisonous snake crawling next to my child outside and the only way to save my child from being bitten or killed was to slay the snake. The snake goes out. Our world is now full of snakes, and we must round them all up and eradicate them so they can no longer harm our children or us ever again. So you're right, nothing else will work.
What a shame it is that we got so hardened.
Well, look at it this way. We are taking an eye for an eye or an evil for an evil. We are not harming anyone who has done us any harm. They deserve what they get.