Why not to send people to labour camps instead of executing them? - General

Why not to send people to labour camps instead of executing them? If they were sent to labour camps, they would do a lot of benefit to the society. Labour would make enough profit to cover the cost of labour camps and produce additional profit. Death penalty seems dumb and irrational to me - forced labour and voluntary euthanasia would do much more benefit to the society.

You need to take care of them, waste of resources.

[QUOTE=L'ordinateur;24571293]You need to take care of them, waste of resources.[/QUOTE] They would compensate it by labour and produce additional profit. :downs:

Then what is the point if you gain nothing.

[QUOTE=L'ordinateur;24571325]Then what is the point if you gain nothing.[/QUOTE] Actually, it would be profitable. You seem pretty dull to me.

This is already done in some countries. People take issue with it for a number of different reasons.

[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24571336]Actually, it would be profitable. You seem pretty dull to me.[/QUOTE] How.

[QUOTE=L'ordinateur;24571356]How.[/QUOTE] Labour

[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24571371]By producing a lot of labour.[/QUOTE] :rolleye:

I meant the dull part.

Which you need to waste resources caring for.

What are you going on about?

[QUOTE=L'ordinateur;24571381]I meant the dull part.[/QUOTE] Not understanding that thousands of working people could sustain labour camps and produce additional profit. [editline]08:29PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Skyward;24571391]Which you need to waste resources caring for.[/QUOTE] Labour would compensate it.

Where did you gather that I do not understand? Personal attacks will get you nowhere in furthering your understanding of the question at hand.

Because forcing people to work is cruel and unusual punishment.

The intention of death penalty is to get rid of a person who gravely harms society. I don't believe that the death penalty is the right choice for this kinda people, but I can clearly see why they wouldn't be allowed access to tools or contact with other inmates. This is however already done for those who aren't in death row, in most state prisons, and mostly reserved for those with a rather clean track record in prison or that are trying to get parole.

[QUOTE=OvB;24571434]Because forcing people to work is cruel and unusual punishment.[/QUOTE] And executing them is not :downs:

No because then they take jobs away from people who actually need them. Like me.

So instead of death they'd be doing labour for the rest of their lives? Probably wouldn't work unless you did it Nazi concentration camp style.

Anything above voluntary community service (e.g. you ether go to jail or work) is a bit barbaric in my opinion, also life sentences are pointless, someone needs hope of a better life to improve their behaviour.

[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24571444]And executing them is not :downs:[/QUOTE] Go look up cruel and unusual punishment and comeback to this thread.

[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24571444]And executing them is not :downs:[/QUOTE] he didn't say it wasn't. but yeah, i disagree with the death penalty but forced labor would be unconstitutional.

[QUOTE=Big Bang;24571435]The intention of death penalty is to get rid of a person who gravely harms society. I don't believe that the death penalty is the right choice for this kinda people, but I can clearly see why they wouldn't be allowed access to tools or contact with other inmates. This is however already done for those who aren't in death row, in most state prisons, and mostly reserved for those with a rather clean track record in prison or that are trying to get parole.[/QUOTE] Yes but the inmate only work's at his own will. He can sign up for a working program if he has a good behavior record to get himself an early parole. They don't force them to work for hours on end.

[QUOTE=FreeThinker;24571444]And executing them is not :downs:[/QUOTE] The grand debate

[QUOTE=Big Bang;24571435]The intention of death penalty is to get rid of a person who gravely harms society. I don't believe that the death penalty is the right choice for this kinda people, but I can clearly see why they wouldn't be allowed access to tools or contact with other inmates. This is however already done for those who aren't in death row, in most state prisons, and mostly reserved for those with a rather clean track record in prison or that are trying to get parole.[/QUOTE] If the camps would be secured as good as most of the prisons then it wouldn't be a problem.

they would make more money then it would cost to house them, also it costs money to keep a person on death row so his idea is not as dumb as it seems

You could harvest them for spare body parts and transplants.

I'm waiting for Zeke, JDK, and pain to show up in this thread. Then it will get good.

[QUOTE=Nerdy;24571448]No because then they take jobs away from people who actually need them. Like me.[/QUOTE] Of course they would take your job away - they could work 12 hours every day and don't get paid, doing more benefit to the society than you.

I like how someone with the name freethinker has just come up with the idea of gulags.