Apparentley We're Civilised...
...and yet we still do this. I am glad that those doctors felt that it was unethical (although maybe only in part?), but am still disturbed that the USA constitution, laws and courts still think this is okay. May the person without sin perform the injection.
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posted by Martin at 23:46
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To be honest, I think it's about time European countries stood up to the US about some of its more darker traits - death penalty (indeed they're only one of TWO countries in the UN to allow death penalty for UNDER 18s), guantanamo bay, use of torture to extract evidence, lack of free health service, constantly ignoring environment issues - and stopped side-stepping them for diplomatic purposes. Though no European country is the sinless one who can cast the first stone, we're nothing like the US on the above issues. And since we like to condemn arabic nations for their various abuses of freedom and human rights, why not the US too?
I'm with both of you on this, but as I think I might have commented before, that puts us in a minority even in our own country.
What upsets me most about American attitudes is that a lot of these people claim to have Christian values. Look at GW Bush's election campaign and the kind of people who voted for him. The real Jesus, I'm sure, is weeping.
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What the Republicans do, as far as I can tell, is entice Christians by saying that, since they push for the more restrictive moral laws, this is the more Christian party. Which is, of course, nonsense. There is nothing Christ-like about pro-life or anti-gay rights views. Conversely there is something deeply un-Christian about not looking after the poorest in society. And this is where the Republicans are deeply un-Christian.
Unfortunately, many American Christians (and some British ones) buy the Republican nonsense. Probably due to feeling pressurised that if they believe in gay-rights or are against pro-life opinions then they might be considered "dodgy liberals" and incurr the wrath of God. 'Cos, "as we all know" God is a conservative. Well, maybe not. What if God is a liberal? What then, eh?
I hate capital punishment and always will - it's just so savage and ugly that it defies belief that people will invoke the 'justice' of God as one of the reasons for imposing it.
I would write more, but I tend to get far too angry when thinking about the US 'religious right'. How they can consistently get it so wrong astounds me.
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Jon - Yes, I think it is about time we said a bit more to america - especially the UK, who spend so much effort to be pally with the Americans. However, I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on the pro-life issue. This is one thing I don't get - The party that is pro-life is pro-death sentance, and vice versa. I myself cringe at the idea of not just the death sentence, but also abortion, as I see the unborn child as a child even before birth - but that isn't really a christian vs non-christian thing - I've not read a bible passage saying when you should consider them a child - it is just my view.
Tomdg - I note that not all of the christian vote went to GWB - I think Kerry was reported to have had support of black majority churches and catholics.
Andy - I think you are right - I think God is quite capable of administering justice himself without us taking the extremes before hand. But even before that, God is capable and willing, and even longing to forgive. It is just a shame the religous right hasn't got that far, but things could change, let us hope.
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