Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!cca!csin!cjh From: cjh@csin.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: re shuttling criminals Message-ID: <2929@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 18:45:47 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2929 Posted: Thu Jul 7 18:45:47 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jul-83 03:28:36 EDT Lines: 20 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.