Punishment of Death...
By twoey68
@twoey68 (13627)
United States
July 23, 2009 10:32am CST
Recently Hubby was watching a sci-fi show and I was listening to it. The jist of the show was a planet where everything was harmonious and happy. Ppl got along wonderfully and everything was pretty much perfect. What the crew exploring the planet didn’t realize was that the ppl there had a unique law system. Any law, no matter how big or small, was immediately punishable by death. That means you kill someone you die, you walk on the grass you die, you litter you die. They had no crime b/c no one wanted to die. I thought it was a pretty impressive system. I think that those that were bent on breaking the law wouldn’t last long there and those that followed the law would enjoy a wonderful life. I’d probably think it was a horrible law if it was one of my family members that were going to be put to death, but then I’d like to think that most of my family would be smart enough to follow the laws.
What do you think of the system? Would you be able to live in a place like that? Do you think that it’s a feasible idea?
[b]**AT PEACE WITHIN**
~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]
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20 responses
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
23 Jul 09
Hi twoey68, I can't see this law catching on here in Greece. Whilst the majority of Greeks follow the law in important areas and don't commit what we perceive of as crimes, they flout the law in every other instance and hate being told what to do. They openly smoke in no smoking places, double park anywhere they feel like it, blow their car horns in siesta hour, accept adultery as a way of life, drink and drive and break every driving rule at all cost, cheat on their taxes,bribe the doctors, the list goes on. There would be no one left to implement the policy
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@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
23 Jul 09
In our world today.. if the punishment would fit the crime...there would be very small amount of crime. Unfortunately... with all the loop holes and all...seldom does anyone have to take responsibility for anything bad or wrong that they do. And with the rather "plush" prisons they have these days.. they figure they'll take a chance.. and often the win.
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@tarachand (3895)
• India
23 Jul 09
I think that it is a bad law. Every life - human and non-human is precious and has some use to society, this cosmos.
Punishment should befit the crime, you can't equate walking on the grass with murder, or if a check bounces because the check that the payer had deposited bounced, because someone else's check down the line bounced....... How many people would end up dying?
What does one do if someone breaks the law unknowingly or is forced to break the law sue to circumstances beyond control?
@tarachand (3895)
• India
23 Jul 09
What if it was discovered after the person had been killed that he/she was innocent? Can the law enforcers bring the person back to life?
@threnos (216)
• Canada
23 Jul 09
I think this was a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. I think that it was a pretty bad idea! Laws are made to protect the innocent and from doing harm to each other. The idea that someone should die just because they stepped on grass is immoral and true law should never condone such an action. If you even look at most of the 10 Commandments they are there to help protect each other! They are morally right.
@KrazyKlingon (5005)
• United States
23 Jul 09
If it was feasable, it would only be in theory. I mention "in theory only" because mistakes get made. If someone ended up losing their balance while walking, & accidentally steps on the grass trying to keep from falling, or if they end up falling on the grass, that's it. Also, there have been many cases where the wrong person was punished for someone else's wrongs.
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
24 Jul 09
I doubt if it would be feasible. It might be OK to live like that for a while but then I think it would get very boring. Nothing worth gossiping about, no secrets to keep, etc.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
24 Jul 09
I think it would be good in a way, to live in an environment like that. I think people would become nicer and there would be alot less violence and wrong doings in the world, like there is right now.
@nova1945 (1612)
• United States
24 Jul 09
Sounds like a great plan to me, but not plausible in reality. Too many ways to be falsely convicted through errors or framed by others unless a camera watched you every second of the day. Sure would end the problems with gangs today though. I'm afraid the happily-ever-after world will have to wait for heaven.
@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
24 Jul 09
Sounds feasible to me, it would probably work. I would hope my family members would be smart enough to stay out of trouble too. I think if we had stiffer punishments for crime, there wouldn't be so much of it. In the cowboy days they didn't let people get away with much, if you did something wrong no matter what it was, they would hang you for it. Criminals these days have it too easy, our jails and prisons are full, they think if I kill somebody I'll just go to prison for it for the rest of my life, so what, I'll get free food, and a free education while I'm in there, won't have to worry about having to pay bills and have a place to live and a job, I think most places are like the Hilton. Thats why I said if they had stiffer punishments we wouldn't have so much crime, people wouldn't want to face the consequences.
@kprofgames (3091)
• United States
24 Jul 09
I think law like this is in other countries, but I don't see that working. Yes a peaceful enviornment would be nice and honestly laws that were actually followed and people were actually punished for them instead of who's got the better lawyer would be nice, but in reality? No, would never work. To many groups of people would be calling a foul here or there.
Is it feasible? No, it's not. Even if the same person standing next to you got the same sentance for the same crime, i'm sure someone would be pulling some kind of special interest group into it. Race, religion or own personal weirdness. No, it's not feasible.
@specifeel (7)
• China
24 Jul 09
So terrible.If it comes true,I can not sleep every night,or i will waked up by nightmare
@pointlessneedles (38)
• United States
24 Jul 09
I think the punishment should fit the crime in severity. Also i think the whole society should agree on the laws not just one person or even a small group of people.
@ElicBxn (63642)
• United States
23 Jul 09
well, I actually rather doubt that there would be minor laws like keeping off the grass and such nonsense, and it really should be easy to obey the more major ones - and probably if they have speeding laws they'd also have governors on the vehicles to prevent speeding.
@littleowl (7157)
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23 Jul 09
Hi Twoey, am not sure about the law..how many people would die before the law was really taken seriously?! Most people I would think would do what they could to 'obey' the law, but supposing one person even you made one little mistake by walking on a persons lawn..just even one step...you would die for it! Yes I do think the law should be tightened up a little but not to the extreme there are deaths every five minutes! LOL...hugs LoLo
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Jul 09
Geez, what if a child broke a law. I might not be so afraid of living there for myself, but I'd be terrified for my loved ones. A little too harsh for my taste.
I do remember a Heinlein story where people who broke laws, however minor had a choice between counseling (which in some way involved a procedure that could change part of their brain) and being exiled to a walled in area where lawlessness was the rule because there was nobody there but lawbreakers. In a lot of ways, that one made more sense. Either follow our laws, or be exiled to a place where you have to fend for yourself and anything goes. Your choice.
@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
23 Jul 09
It might sound uniquely perfect but people do make errors, honest errors, from time to time. And what if the person who is accused of an infraction is not really guilty but someone is just trying to off them and can provide enough circumstantial evidence to have them killed?
It may seem perfect, but there are flaws so I would not want to live in fear that I might be found guilty and it is false, or someone I loved.
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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23 Jul 09
Hi twoey68,
I don't these people were really happy more like living in fear as they can't put a foot wrong and I wouldn't want to live like that, its like going back in time but with a difference.
Tamara
@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
23 Jul 09
Hi twoey68! I believe I would love to live in a place like this. There wouldn't be any crime whatsoever. The perfect utopia! There wouldn't be any need to be afraid to go anywhere on a trip by yourself. Also, a person wouldn't have to be afraid to walk the streets alone at night. There wouldn't be any need to lock your house at night or before you go anywhere or if you were at home alone. We have to face reality, though. I believe in capital punishment, too. It's right with the bible. Kathy.
