In a message dated 00-08-11 14:37:12 EDT, you write: << So what if the death penalty deters? Steven Goldberg National Review, June 30, 1989 v41 n12 p42(2) >> This specious line of pseudo-logic could only get printed in the National Review, a right-wing propoganda broadside headed by William F Buckley, Jr., a known CIA disinformation agent. One cannot separate discussion of the death penalty from a discussion of the mass mind control behind a death penalty. In the USA, the death penalty, carefully regulated by right-wing police state politicians, is meant to establish that the state has a legitimate right to take human life whether in the execution chamber or in exploitative war-making industries. It is an environmental pretext and preamble to a national military-intelligence takeover; it is meant to dumb-down the citizenry to a level of social lateral violence. The death penalty is an engine of a murder and war-making imperial society. That is why the USA as Empire maintains it. "Deterrence" is a sophistic fallacy and smokescreen. Alfred Webre, Vancouver, BC _________ EcoNews Service - Alternative News: Ecology, Consciousness & Universe Politics mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] USA http://www.earthradioTV.com/index2.html CZECH http://mujweb.cz/www/ecologynews/ UK http://members.tripod.co.uk/ecologynews/ Canada http://www.ecologynews.com/index2.html <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
