Práctica 4

Would you like to see your son dead? I know it is a stupid question, but you would be surprised if you knew how many people would say yes to it. Why? A lot of people support death penalty and I always ask them the previous question. I am against death penalty, punishing by my hand other people or life-time jail as forms of justice.

I can understand those people that feel a lot of pain after a violent incident, or feel insecure because someone is a danger if he is free. However, we have to understand that a human life is the more complex creation of the universe. Who are we to end any life?

Other people have a different (but close) opinion about justice. They do not believe in laws and judges so they preffer a personal revenge. Doing as much pain as the other caused you is a very irrational idea. You are never going to feel peaceful if you kill, for example, the one who killed your son. All you can do is to trust in justice and forgiveness.

Making a person stay his or her whole life inside a jail is the soft version of death penalty but even in this case I have my opinion against this opinion. As I said before, a human is a marvellous product of millions of coincidences. It is this value that we have to keep in mind before erasing any freedom from a mind. We need to give them the opportunity to get back to society and show us how much they can do, how many benefits they can provide to a society that has forgiven them.

As a conclusion, I would like to mention and accept the typical argument that people usually point to me: What would you do if you are the one who suffers a murder in your family? It is difficult to answer that question. However, if you let time pass you will always choose a better option, and this option has to do with public justice, laws, forgiveness and appreciation of people's lives.