> On the same general topic, what if an inmate puts poetry on his
> web site? I realize that I may be unique here, but in death penalty
> debates, I can counter EVERY pro death penalty argument except one -- the
> poetry argument. I fear the day that, while debating Ernest van den Haag,
> he pulls out his cigar and some poetry downloaded from a condemned inmate's
> web site, and starts to read it to the audience. I suspect most would
> rush to find cabs, wanting to go to the prison and kill the inmate
> themselves. It is a tough pro-death penalty argument to counter. And the
> same goes for most death row art.
> Just kidding.
>
Hey, don't apologize for pointing out an uncomfortable truth--bottom
line, the decision which death-elgible persons to kill is merely a matter
of taste.
Steve Russell