I do not agree that, mistakenly, executing innocent persons promotes the greater good of society.
I didn't say that, of course.
Of course you did.
Of Course not.
OK.
In that case I don't see what your objections to the penalty are. 1) we could do the killing humanely if we wanted to (interesting that we don't)
And if we sometimes killed an innocent person it would still be for the good of greater society overall.
Why are you denying you said what you said?
That's very silly Darron.
"It" doesn't refer to the killing of innocent people. It refers to the overall thing, the killing of guilty people less the cost of some mistakes.
Of course I wasn't saying that "executing innocent persons promotes the greater good of society".
And actually I was only suggesting a logical conclusion following from what Tim said, not a reflection on what I believe at all.