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No justification
On Wednesday. Feb. 27. a
jury in Albany imposed the
death penalty on a murderer.
This was the first time a court in
Oregon made use of capital
punishment since it was
reinstated in 1984.
Why is it that most of the
states in the IJ.S. have rein
troduced this irreversible form
of punishment after it had been
abolished in the past? Is it the
"Rambo-spirits" that make us
feel reluctant to oppose martial
measures in the enforcement of
the law? Amnesty International,
a worldwide "watchdog” for
human rights, especially In
prisons, repeatedly spoke out
against capital punishment.
Too .often has it been abused
'/ throughout the world, as it
could be an acceptable punish
' merit' in a civilized society. ,
Life irespciety is not like. war..
.. . " ; If somebody kills a- person, he;
. sure is arfenemy. of .society;, but
: there Is mi justiflcation to kill
this'^Hjrspn in. return . Capital
•; punishmentdoesn't offer'arcure
•: .foir Sny problems ip society, it *
only satisfies cheap, feelings.-of
:. revenge.' As yignmus the pain of
• relatives” of ‘a victim, may be..
;. kil.li'ng ' the .murderer doesn’t .
imake.'an.assassination undone
.;■* ,*'■ .*■*.■ v"1;v
When Mr.; Robert,- Bad inter. ■
the, French'minister of justice.
. ’- abo.lishVd *the {pse |of-. .thp'
guillotine viri'flferu:h prisons, a
iohg\'.fightagainst, simplistic,
arguments had. ‘precntled. this
step Don't hn‘ us listen to those,
who.suggest the death, penalty
hi. a; sigri of a strong, vigilant
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society. It simply is bad "Wild
West" style.
Dietmar Adolf
Student
Nothing sexual
In response to Eric Patterson’s
letter "Unfair label," I can only
think he did not read the discus
sions on rape very carefully. No
one is going to deny that male
rape occurs and that it is appall
ing. However, to cite as a reason
that women are "as sexual, if
not more sexual than men”
scares me to death. It is just that
attitude that perpetuates the
problem.
THERE IS NOTHING SEX
UAL ABOUT RAPE! It is a
violent crime committed
agaihst someone to prove
power. Simply using the same
equipment does not make i£x
any more like rape than chopp
ing, firewood is like ax murder-,;
ing someone.'. ■
What frightens roe even more •
...is your/ attitude . toward date
rape ' Take!,, the example of a
. woman (statistically it usually
is'a wo than) .who invited an ac
quaintance in:for.coffee ami he
. rapes her.. Are you saying-this.
“ never, happens'• or that’, the
woman - really- wanted, it and
therefore' feels quilty?' In- the
first cut.' you, are’ -ah id jot. and",
'fit the lafter, you are dangerous,
so it'would be helpful to know.
t In either case” Mr Patterson; I
think it- would be wise to stay as
far’from: you as possible.-«Y6u . .
aremore of a *'potential rapist”
than’you know.
. ; . Debbie” Sokol
1, . ’ English
Cultural deceit
I find myself wondering
about a phrase i often hear used
by advocates of abortion. They
speak of a woman’s "right to an
abortion." Where did this
"right" come from? From the
courts? Is it moral because it is
legal? If so, then a white man
had the same sort of "right" to
own black people earlier in our
history.
Does the "right" to an abor
tion come from nature? That is,
is it a woman's right to abort her
child simply because she can do
so? One can then argue, as did
the Marquis de Sade. that
because nature made man
stronger, than woman, it is a
man's right to dp whatever he
pleases to her.. Morality
becomes a matter of "What is, is
right.”. ’ ; .
Perhaps God . has. given
women the. right to kill their
children before thfey are born.
This" suggests, the sort of god.
wqrsh'i pped i n ancient
Palestine.' whose worship 'ih
chided placing living babies pn
to a bed of . coals; where they
burned- to death./. v '• ; •
. I suggest" that the "fight" -.to
an abortion isnot a rightat aii, .
but rather an inhiimantaking of
lifethai Our culture has been
deceived* into accepting as a
moral alternative to giving
birth. ^ '• 7 .■ ''“i V
We do. not get to choose
whether: it, is- right Or wrong* to
° kill an'unborn child — only.on
which Side of morality we will
stand-on the issue.
William Moore
Music School
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