LIFE

i believe that everyone deserves to live no matter what they do, or have done. i hate the death penalty. they say it's justice, but there is no true justice in this world. when you kill someone, they're gone forever. they won't be coming back. their families are affected so much by all this.

there have been times where someone who was innocent was convicted as being guilty and killed by the government. later they realize that he/she was innocent and the family was informed and sent money.... money doens't cut it! money won't bring back the dead, and it won't settle their despair and anger! like i said before. once someone's dead they'll never return. we all know that!

death penalty to me is a cruel and unusual punishment. why is it considered a punishment to end one's life for hurting/killing another. all that is, is just revenge. revenge never solves anything. it just breeds new hate, and more hate causes more death. why not let that person sit in jail until the day they die. that's a punishment! they get to live through their punishment. but with death, they just die, and that's it.... nothing else. nothing more.

i know that there are some people who are cruel, and insane. others have a mental disease or something like that, and they're given the death penalty as well. some don't even realize what they've done, but they're still treated as if they should die. that's like putting a death penalty on a 6 year old for accidentally shooting somoene with his/her father's gun. they didn't know what they were doing, and yet those with mental illnesses are the same, but treated like a true criminal. it's wrong, and many people know it. but they'd rather have those people die, than live. it's sad, but true.

why is it that we've become a world where death is widely accepted as a form of punishment? many people seem to enjoy watching others die. especially in war. i know we must defend our country, but wars cause so much unnecessary death and destruction. the army trains our soldiers to believe it's ok to kill another just because their the enemy. but that person that had just died most likely has a family. that family also believes that we're the enemy because one of our men just took the life of their loved one. we think the same of them. when it all comes down to it, we're all wrong.

war creates hate, despair, vengence, and death for both sides. the more a war goes on, the more all this builds. and the more these emotions, and problems build, the more destruction and death will accumulate. many people don't understand why i feel this way, and i don't understand how they're ok with death. in a way, i feel sorry for those who feel oposite towards how i feel. they're blind to the way others feel. they see death penalty, war, and other forms of death as no big deal, and for some, it's necessary to them. i hate that kind of ideaology.

death isn't something to think lightly of, but sadly most of the world is that way.