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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
Wow, in a sea of generally benign regurgitation of old gripes, we get this exchange. Leaving aside the argument whether or not Jane IS a traitor, please tell me, jcroft, that you don't feel that our outlook on traitors should evolve as our collective outlook on blacks have over the past century.
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No, I definitely don't feel our outlook on traitors should evolve. However, I do feel that our outlook on execution should.
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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
Traitors are condemned for good reason due to actions completely at their own agency. Completely the opposite of blacks, who were condemned without good reason for an inborn distinction completely out of their control, and completely irrelevant to boot.
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You are 100% correct here. No argument from me.
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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
A call to evolve into a more 'civilized' metrosexual outlook on traitors is not called for at all, IMO. They purposely, and of their own free will, act at odds to our basic societal safety and security, and for that they deserve to die.
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I believe almost no one deserves to die for a crime. I'm generally opposed to the death penalty, although I do hold out a few exceptions to that. In any case, I am in no way suggesting our feelings for traitors should evolve, and the comparrison to racisim was probably uncalled for. I am, though, suggeting that our feelings towards the death penalty should evolve.
That, however, is another thread and I don't really feel like fighting over it here.
And, as someone who can probably be considered "metrosexual," I'd just say that I don't think political beliefs have anything to do with that term. "Metrosexuality," if you wish to call it that, has only to do with style and vanity.