Originally posted by: irishScott
Originally posted by: CrazyLazy
Originally posted by: spacejamz
Originally posted by: CrazyLazy
Death sentence for raping someone? I'm no rapist fanboy but the punishment doesn't fit the crime. The death sentence should be awarded for only the most serious crime possible, killing another human being.
Also, a sentence like this sends a bad message for future rapists. Now they can kill their victim, removing a witness in the process, with no fear of any extra punishment. Because once you decide to kill someone, you really can't do anything much worse to them.
EDIT: The number of internet thugs in this thread disturbs me.
I would love to see what you tune you would be singing if that was your mom, sister, etc that was being gang raped for several hours...
As I stated, if I ever get gang raped by 10 guys I still wouldn't want to see them executed.
And the fact that you have the audacity to think you would know would want after an experience like that basically invalidates your opinion.
Thankfully I've never been through anything physical (although it's come extremely close), but let's just say my parents (especially my dad) don't really create an environment that's amicable to.. well.. life. I'm literally the reason no physical violence has occurred between them to date (as a physical deterrant), and I could tell plenty of horror stores.
I'm not saying I've been through anything remotely like rape, but I have a good idea of how one thinks after severe emotional trauma. Now I have the luxury of knowing how I'll generally react, but it's taken 8 years of this shit for me to develop it.
Let me spell out a general route for you:
In the moment, after a traumatic event on MY scale, let alone rape, the average person who doesn't know how to deal with it will not think straight. Your instincts will demand retribution and your upper brain will have to fight that, but the upper brain is still recovering from the initial trauma, so it's weakened. The result is, in severe cases, near temporary insanity. Been there and back a couple of times myself.
Even after the fact, the emotions will stick with you for a very long time. May not be as severe, but they'll be there under the surface. In extreme cases this will lapse into PTSD. I have experience with a mild form of that as well.
I could go on, but rest assured with the cocktail above, you have no freaking idea what you would want.