Re: Is the death penalty Extropian?

Zenarchy (J.R.Molloy@shasta.com)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:45:22 -0800

From: Paul Hughes <planetp@aci.net>
>Perhaps that is why, when I see rhetoric on this list discussing mechanisms
moving in
>the same direction (no matter how well intended), I see China as the end
result.
>There is a reason we have the Bill of Rights, because humans are fallible,
and large
>numbers of them without checks and balances can be downright dangerous.

The US already incarcerates more people (per captita) than does China. Another case of the pot calling the kettle black? --J. R.