Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Oh, yeah
Don't forget the Chron. The Chron actually makes arguments in its editorials, which is a plus, I guess, but it makes very strange ones. E.g.:
The rarity of California executions raises other troubling issues. Foremost among them is the argument that if extremely few of the murderers sitting on Death Row are put to death, the punishment is by definition cruel and unusual -- and possibly in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Murderers on death row are rarely put to death is by definition cruel and unusual, they say. By definition. Wow. Meanwhile, if the punishment is cruel and unusual, it isn't possibly in violation of the 8th amendment. It is, get this, by definition in violation of that amendment. Lordy, Chronwriters are dumb.
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