Still human?

would we kill mosquitoes who bring dengue fever? yes. with a vengeance.

so we would get rid of carriers of pestilence? of course! we must.

then are drug traffickers/lords not carriers of pestilence? yes, they are. by deciding to engage in such an act, they have forsaken the ethics, morality and everything that makes them human. they are nothing more than pests. and hence, we should treat them as we treat mosquitoes. squash them, kill them for they are no longer human.

and thus we solve the problem of the death penalty being inhumane. as we only need be humane to those who deserve us being humane to and in my opinion, drug traffickers do not deserve humane treatment.

having said that, it is sad that there exists conditions in society which make people willing to forsake that which makes them human.

BUT my point about the recent hanging is not about what i feel of the death penalty per se. it is about playing by the rules, and accepting the responsibility and consequences of one's actions. if Nguyen is a man, has any shred of humanity left in him, he would accept the punishment stoically. and if the family wants to blame anyone for the grief of losing a son, they have only the son himself to blame for choosing to do what he did.