Toronado3800
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I find it odd though, the Death Penalty, removing someone's right to life, is the ultimate in big government.
No it's not big government, it's carrying out the will of the people and protecting them in the process which is the main responsibility of government. Only few cases are we allowed to protect ourselves. If somebody kills my mother, I can't legally go out and kill them as much as I'd like to. Government needs to carry out my wishes.
The will of the people does not make it small government. If the people want the government to enforce a book burning campaign, its big government though.
I don't understand how this power over life and death is not the ultimate case of big government.
That said, I am very pro death penalty.