Tuesday, October 14, 2014

The last Meal
 Honestly the fact that we used to give people a "last meal" is very inconsistent with the whole purpose behind the death penalty. Sure, there is something to be said about a little bit of mercy and allowing these men to get one last favorite meal before they die but It's still bullshit. The death penalty pretty much means that we have given up on this individual, so why bother giving up them a last meal? Why bother going out of our way to give a last meal to someone we have given up on while people are starving around the world? If we as humans can truly give up on someone then you might as well be consistent. Don't show a little bit of mercy at the last second when you send them to their death. The pictures in these websites do a great job of trying to humanize these criminals but I believe it's biased. You cannot compare people by their food choices. If you just show their food choices visually then it takes away from the actual reason they were incarcerated. It's easy to feel bad for someone when you just see there last meal.  If instead of a meal they showed pictures of the victims family members being affected by their crimes it would have a much different result.

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