The following is a little discussion I had with some of my internet friends. This discussion regarding death penalty took place a long time ago in a very popular forum for the Filipinos all over the globe. Here is goes:
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[SOMEBODY0] wrote:
’Wag na… Kahit gaano kasama ang taong bibitayin na un, tao pa rin un kung si Jesus na anak na ng diyos Ama,ay hiniling na patawarin pa ang mga taong nag pako sa Kanya sa krus,tayo pa kaya na tao lang…….
Na subukan n’yo na ba makipag inuman sa mga bibitayin?
Ano kaya ang feeling…? Siguro baka mapa-iyak lang……!
Ano kaya ang mga sasabihin n’ya bago s’ya bitayin…?
”Wala lang….!”
[Jonathan] replied:
I’m really against Death Penalty! Humans are just not that accurate to judge whom deserve to die. Sapat na ang habang-buhay na pagka-bilanggo para magdusa ang nagkasala. Leave it all to God.
[SOMEBODY1] wrote:
But I still would like to believe that God alone has the right over lives and I don’t call a killer’s life an innocent life, let’s just say, his life’s gone astray and he’s bound for judgment day and for hell.
”We are not God.”
[Jonathan] replied:
You are right!
SOMEBODY1:
“We are not God” and we don’t have the right or accuracy equal to God to judge a human to die. Kaya nga may mga bilangguan para ibilanggo ang mga may kasalanan, kung makagawa man sila ng panibagong kasalanan habang nasa kulungan, kargo na ng mga namamahala ‘yon.
[Jonathan] wrote:
Death panalty is completely mistake, and you cannot correct mistake with another mistake.
Ang isang tao, kahit gaano pa man kalaki ang kasalanan, may karapatan pa rin na mabuhay at magbago. Humans are naturally good natured…
[SOMEBODY2] wrote:
Payag ako (sa Death Penalty), siguro naman hindi mo na sila mapapatawad kung sobra na yung ginawa nila.diba?
[Jonathan] replied:
That is true if the tragedy he or she caused to you is still fresh, but in time, I’m sure mapapatawad mo na rin yung taong ‘yun. The question is, “are you satisfied with the “death” of that person?” Ask your self about it…
[SOMEBODY3] wrote:
Ibinalik na ang death penalty, hindi lang pinapatupad. Dapat itong ipatupad kasi nararapat lamang na pagbayaran nila ang krimen na nagawa nila. Unfair sa mga victim na parang exempted ang mga death row convicts samantalang ang mga victims ay patuloy na nagdurusa.
[Jonathan] replied:
What do you mean, “ibinalik na, hindi lang pinapatupad?” Ang labo yata.
I think, ang habang-buhay napagkabilanggo ay mas masaklap pa sa kamatayan kung ipapatupad ng maayos.
Ang gusto ko lang ipunto dito, tao pa rin ‘yan at may karapatang mabuhay at magbago. Try puting yourself in their situation, what would you feel?
Nangyari na ang nagyari, at siguro kung ako ang nasa kalagayan ng biktima, gugustuhin ko rin na mamatay ang kriminal, natural lang ‘yon, pero dapat mo ring isipin na hawak mo na ngayon ang buhay ng taong ito. In this case, I would rather give the final judgement to God…
[SOMEBODY4] wrote:
Noon pa dapat binalik ‘yan! Sa dami na ng masasamang tao, kailangan ibalik ‘yan para matakot silang gumawa ng crime! Tanungin ko lang kayo? Kung kayo ba pinatay ang mga lola o lolo, magulang, o asawa o anak. Pinatay ng walng awa, pinagtripan o ginahasa, o pinagpuputol ang mga katawan at nakita mo kung papaano nila ginawa. ANO ANG GAGAWIN MO? Pag-isipan mo ngang mabuti… Halos lahat ng Bansa sa mundo merong death penalty, isa na lang tayo sa napag-iiwanan. Kaya walang pumupuntang mga dayuhan sa atin kasi takot silang maging victim. Alam nila maraming masama. Masama na ang imahe ng Pilipinas sa mga dayuhan. Kaya oras na para ituwid ito.. Kamay na bakal ang kailangan!!!
[Jonathan] replied:
Cay you please give me a proof that almost all country in the globe already implementing death penalty. Hindi porque ito yung trend eh, makikisabay na rin tayo at ito ‘yung tama.
[SOMEBODY5] quoted:
“What do you mean, ibinalik na, hindi lang pinapatupad? Ang labo yata.”
[SOMEBODY5] commented:
What SOMEBODY4 means is that we have Republic Act 7659 which describes the implementation of the death penalty, however the execution of this law (pun intended) has more than once been delayed. Justice delayed is justice denied.
[SOMEBODY5] quoted:
”I think, ang habang-buhay napagkabilanggo ay mas masaklap pa sa kamatayan kung ipapatupad ng maayos.”
[SOMEBODY5] commented:
Hardship in prison? So that’s why we have some convicts who live better in prison than normal people who live in free society. Reclusa perpetua? For whom? Those without the power and the money to get lawyers so that they can negotiate for parole?[SOMEBODY5] quoted:
”Ang gusto ko lang ipunto dito, tao pa rin ‘yan at may karapatang mabuhay at magbago. Try puting yourself in their situation, what would you feel? “
[SOMEBODY5] commented:
I am not for the indiscriminate taking of life. RA 7659 only describes henious crimes (drug trafficking, rape etc). I wouldn’t put myself in their shoes for I am not a rapist nor a drug trafficker. Consider how rapists feel? Consider how drug pushers feel? Have you tried asking the victims how they feel?
[SOMEBODY5] quoted:
”Nangyari na ang nagyari, at siguro kung ako ang nasa kalagayan ng biktima, gugustuhin ko rin na mamatay ang kriminal, natural lang ‘yon, pero dapat mo ring isipin na hawak mo na ngayon ang buhay ng taong ito. In this case, I would rather give the final judgement to God…”
[SOMEBODY5] commented:
Victims are not allowed to take the law in their hands. If they were, we would have a lot more vigilantism. That’s why we have courts. And how would you put the fear of God in people who do not believe in God? By threatening them their souls will burn in hell? You’d probably be making them happier because they will be with their master. The final judgement IS with God, what we punish is the flesh; only God has the power and the right to punish the soul.
My two dphp’s worth.
[Jonathan] replied:
May butas ang batas. Kung gagawa lang tayo ng batas an walang butas, mas malakas at mas “makatao” dapat. The fault lies in the flawed law.
[SOMEBODY6] quoted:
“Halos lahat ng Bansa sa mundo merong death penalty, isa na lang tayo sa napag-iiwanan…”
[SOMEBODY6] commented:
–> DEATH Penalty…
[Jonathan] replied:
–> DEATH Penalty… 
[SOMEBODY7] commented:
Tama lang ‘yun ‘noh!
[Jonathan] replied:
Killing is not always right!
[Jonathan] wrote:
Death Penalty is simply human’s desperate way to solve what they cannot solve, and to control what they cannot control in a “humane” way. Death Penalty is simply “killing”, a sickly, organized and overtly-civilized but covertly-barbaric way. The result of our inability to judge between good and bad. The bottom line is, “WE ARE NOT GOD!”…
[Jonathan] wrote:
NO TO DEATH PENALTY!!!
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Thank God GMA has abolished Death Penalty… 
