Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!elf From: elf@utcsrgv.UUCP (Eugene Fiume) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Capital Punishment Referendum Message-ID: <66@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 10:51:36 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.66 Posted: Thu Oct 4 10:51:36 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 11:01:34 EDT References: <804@ubc-ean.CDN> Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 12 I hope it's obvious to everyone that the recent calls for the return of the death penalty is almost totally the result of a media blitz. Just as the the incredible number of polls prior to the election shaped public opinion, instead of the other way around, the irrational over-reaction by police and others to the obvious death-wishes of a few nutcases has been sickeningly exploited by the media. The behaviour of our news media is a wonderful argument against referenda. BTW, what is the libertarian view on the death penalty? Eugene Fiume U of Toronto