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Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 18:45:47 EDT
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n people; the last
mission had five on board, and several previous have had four.

			The first ones to be executed will not be glorified,
	rather they will become answers to trivia questions

That depends on your point of view; I suppose you've forgotten the name of
Crispus Attucks.

							(we would not want
	to execute a person whose guilt is in doubt anyway)

Bull. (This is of course the first problem with capital punishment; there
is no room for later thoughts.)

I would particularly emphasize the "sick"; what sort of person would use one
of man's greatest achievements (an achievement with a real future, unlike the
closed-ended Apollo missions) as a tool of judicial murder.

REM's arguments have some holes, but far fewer than your idea.