Re: Apple IIe seen in Discovery Channel documentary "2057: The Body"

[Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid>]

In article <1179211140.386733.252920@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
 mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> wrote:

> On May 15, 4:44 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > > "Same breeds same" as the saying goes, and it's obvious "who" should
> > > be leading by example and breaking the cycle.
> >
> > I agree with all this, but would like to point out that the state
> > (at least over here) is just the expression of what most people
> > agree with.
> 
> Well, the US, just like Australia, has electoral boundaries with
> uneven population distribution along (typically) municipal boundaries,
> meaning that the majority view on an issue is not always the
> representitive.

This doesn't necessarily apply in the case of the death penalty in the 
US.  The US Supreme Court has ruled that having or not having a death 
penalty is up to the individual states.  The US Federal government can't 
do anything about it on the state level except pass an amendment that 
would have to be approved by the states.  Within the states, the death 
penalty can come about via state representatives (which are easier to 
vote out than Congress Critters) or by a vote of the people.  So I'd say 
that most states that allow the death penalty are doing it via the will 
of the people.

Granted, the Federal government and the US Military do have their own 
method of doing the death penalty, but they don't seem to use it that 
often.  48 instances by the Feds since 1990.  This one could easily be 
turned off by the Federal government.

Greg B.

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