Dragaera

Politics?

Fri Feb 11 19:44:51 PST 2005

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Brust [mailto:skzb at dreamcafe.com] 
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 1:10 PM
> To: David Dyer-Bennet
> Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info
> Subject: Re: Politics?
> 
> Yes,sir.  Shutting it down, sir.
> 
> I should really write a long diatribe in one of the books 
> about capital punishment, so we can argue it here.  Alas, it 
> wouldn't fit in.
> 
> Hmmm...maybe....
> 
> :gets back to work:
> 

How about the justice or injustice of the death sentence nearly executed
upon our Heroes in TPG? I think it counts...

With that in mind: 

It was, like, totally wrong to want to sentence the Fab Foursome to death.
Theirs is a good example of how the death penalty can be abused, and so
provides an argument against capital punishment in general.

I think, like, that, um, the author (whose name I forget atm; AFB) was
trying to make a serious case against the death penalty there. In fact, I
declare it to be the case.

Cheers,

Shawn