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Originally posted by Agathon
Are we not allowed to make claims now? Is the death penalty not popular in Texas? Is Texas not the most extreme representative of the death penalty in the US? That's not the part that represents the bandwagon fallacy, and you know it. The idea that you presented, that the D.P. is self-evidently wrong because most countries refrain from using the D.P., is the bandwagon arguement. I know that you have better reasons that that for why the death penalty is wrong. I just wanted to read them.

I would have thought it evident to every rational being that the Texan attitude towards punishment was backward. I've made plenty of anti-DP arguments in other threads, but I no longer see any point in wasting actual knowledge of the issue on the average Poly conservative (who have been immunized against reason). But there's still some common decency in condemning barbarism wherever it exists. Why don't you link to some of your arguments (or, better yet, why don't you link to (or recommend) some arguments from a real philosopher)? I don't recall reading your personal anti-DP arguments, and I'd be interested in seeing if there's anything new that hasn't been rehashed here ad nasuem. I know that Gepap and I had a lengthy debate about this a few years ago. If you'd like, I'll try to find it. I'll warn you though. We managed to argue for multiple pages without ad hominems. Reading through something like that may distress you or make you feel disoriented.