Justice – Pakistani Style
According to The Register, a lawyer in Pakistan wants to indict Mark Zuckenberg and others concerned with Facebook. They would face the death penalty if found guilty.
No-one however nasty they are deserves the death penalty, as it is a cruel penalty, that should have been consigned to the dustbin of history many centuries ago.
As I get older and suffer more and more health problems, I can’t think of anything worse than death, so to use it as a punishment for anything is totally over the top.
I’ve met murderers, people who have been locked up for years on bent evidence and those that have had loved ones murdered and I’m sure that things would be the same for them all, whether or not we had the death penalty. We need fair justice for all and support for all victims of crime and also for everyone, who might commit crime, so they don’t do it in the first place.
But silly charges as those in Pakistan, we do not need. They just make things worse and give those who would belittle one of the world’s once-great religions, more ammunition. The United States would not allow the extrditions anyway.
Remember the old proverb – Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Wasn’t it Jesus, who is also a prophet in Islam, who advised us to turn the other cheek? – That comes from the Sermon on the Mount
I may have no religion, but the advice is valid.
The Anonymous Widower 
I agree the death penalty is awful, and should be outlawed – although my reasons are probably different from yours since I consider death as the ultimate healing, not something to be feared.
Comment by Liz P | June 19, 2010 |
Remeber half of my family was originally Jewish. There is a Jewish belief that what you do here is important and that there is probably not an afterlife. If there is it is a pleasant surprise. That’s probably not right, but you see the gist.
Comment by AnonW | June 19, 2010 |
HI
Yes, the Jews, and the Muslims, believe that you get into Heaven by doing good on earth, the Muslims believe there is an angel on each shoulder, one recording the good deeds and one the bad deeds, the deeds are weighed when you die and if you have more good than bad you go to paradise, if not, you go to hell.
Christians believe it is by God’s grace and by our faith in Him that we go to heaven, we cant earn our place with good works.
Liz
Comment by Liz P | June 20, 2010 |