It should be legal to avenge the murder of a loved one, amirite?

That would probably solve the population crisis.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...Wait a second, I just realised that if this were the case, a LOT of people would end up dead...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm about to sound real confusing but this is my thinking behind this: If I killed somebody, their (for example) brother would want to kill me, since it's legal to. But he knows if he kills me, one of my loved ones will kill him. That might put him off from killing me. Because if we disregarded my post, he would only be faced with a long jail sentence if he killed me. That might not be enough to put him off from it. This is all assuming I wasn't caught and arrested for killing the first guy in the first place. :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I still say no.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I want to explain myself. Murders are just murders. And the insane kind ecspeically don't care. It's breaking the law anyway, and you never know if the family wants revenage in the first place, so why care just because it was made legal?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And anyway, there is the death sentence, which will be taken out if it's that bad.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Taking a life isn't as easy as you're making it sound. The majority of families wouldn't take any revenge at all, meaning that the majority of murders would go unpunished.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I both agree and disagree. It'd have to be regulated. Like 1st degree murder only or something like that, but it'd also save money from keeping people alive in prison for the rest of their lives. I more agree than disagree I guess

by Anonymous 13 years ago

An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind remember?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That just makes you a murderer, like the person you're trying to get revenge on.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's an extreme version of "He hit me, I hit him back".

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Talk about chaos.. I understand the motivation, I mean I'd want to avenge the murder, but if we allow "revenge" to be legal, you know that'd end up badly. Revenge is emotional, law should be logical

by Anonymous 13 years ago

an eye for an eye makes the world go blind.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's not your right to take someone's life. You didn't give it to them to take it away. Even if said murderer got away from the law, you should trust that they will be punished eventually. If you're an atheist, then let's just say that karma will get them back for what they did. And human beings can be wrong a lot. What if you didn't know the whole story? What if all you saw was your loved one's dead body and the killer? You most likely don't know why the murderer did that. You might even have the wrong person. In my opinion, killing a person for revenge isn't worth the risk of killing the wrong person.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This would just lead to a never ending cycle. If I kill your mom then you kill me then my brother kills you then your sister kills my brother then my mom kills your sister then your dad kills my mom so nothing would ever be resolved. The legal system isn't perfect by any means but it's there for a reason.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Depending on the severity of the crime and whether his state believes in the Death Penalty, the murderer dies either way. I don't see why people are acting as if this is so unheard of.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It should be illegal to make idiotic statements.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think this is a great idea.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@Inigo Montoya: <3 That is all.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

im all for world peace :::::::)<<<<<<<<<<<3

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"He deserves death." "Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement." - Gandalf, Lord of the rings.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Only if it's your father.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If the "justice" system would actually follow through with the death penalty instead of letting the scumbags live, this wouldn't even be an issue.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was going to say isnt the death penalty the same thing, but you got there first.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Haha yeah, but the problem is the fact that they would rather let these criminals stay on death row for decades instead of just putting them out of our misery. That's taxpayer money at work for you.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

it actually cost more to kill a person than to keep them in prison for the rest of their life, just saying :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't see how that's possible. Dead people don't need food and housing facilities.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

because capital punishment is super expensive. Just look at the research on it, it's true. I thought it would be cheaper to kill them, but it's not

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If it was, it would set off a never ending chain of murder, and everyone will be dead.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Syncrobabe : your saying an atheist should turn to karma? Last i heard thats part of a religion o.O

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Obviously the law would be a little more complicated to prevent everyone from killing each other. But I agree that if someone kills a person they too should be killed. What kind of punishment is jail for someone who took another human being's life? Oh no, they get to eat their meals, get time outside, and get beds but they have to live in a bad neighborhood. How horrible. This is why I like the eye for an eye rule. If I punched someone they would naturally punch me back. Why should murderers get nicer treatment than their more innocent victim?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

^^^^^^^This.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If somebody killed my dogs I would kill them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Does this theory work out for gangs? No, everyone just ends up dead. I don't know about you, but if you kill someone, that makes you a murderer, which (by your theory) means someone can kill you, and it doesn't ever end. I don't want to be a part of that kind of system.

by Anonymous 13 years ago