{"id":1478,"date":"2015-02-03T23:07:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T07:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2015-02-03T23:07:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T07:07:27","slug":"am-i-the-only-one-jordanian-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2015\/02\/03\/am-i-the-only-one-jordanian-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I the only one – Jordanian edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember in high school that my French teacher, and one of the strongest leftist influences in my life, Fabienne took us to a talk at UNC about the death penalty. The person speaking was the son of the Rosenbergs<\/a> who were executed for spying for the Soviets, and giving them nuclear secrets.<\/p>\n

It turns out that the government was right about Julius, but not about Ethel.<\/p>\n

And so started my walk down becoming a pretty staunch anti-death penalty advocate.<\/p>\n

Over the years I learned more, and everything I learned seemed to point me to the conviction that the death penalty is inherently wrong.<\/p>\n

And now the country of Jordan has given me another data point<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These two executions carried out this morning are simply revenge killings. All over the world, we’re condemning ISIS as a band of extremists whose tactics and values are outdated, and unwelcome in the modern world.<\/p>\n

And yet, in a moment where we can test that belief, we fall prey to Hammurabi’s code – “an eye for an eye” instead of focusing on our own modern values – right to a fair trial, punishment that fits the crime, etc.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if Jordan holds to these values.<\/p>\n

But the question I’ve been asking myself today is – who’s actually the worse offender here? ISIS for standing by their barbaric values and executing a prisoner of war. Or Jordan for responding in an equally barbaric way while decrying those barbaric values?<\/p>\n

Am I the only one who thinks it’s Jordan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I remember in high school that my French teacher, and one of the strongest leftist influences in my life, Fabienne took us to a talk at UNC about the death penalty. The person speaking was the son of the Rosenbergs who were executed for spying for the Soviets, and giving them nuclear secrets. 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