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cybrsage

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Large government is also intrusive government yes or no?

Or do conservative want a small in size but highly intrusive government into the lives of citizens?

You are a day late and a dollar short. Already addressed that.

Now:

Support your stance they are related.
 

JSt0rm

Lifer
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Everything points to a $ amount savings by not having a death penalty.

This $ is money spent by the government on government services. By reducing it you reduce not only the total size of the government but the scope of the government.

Both of these are issues championed by the right (when they want votes)
 

chucky2

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If you've ever made sense, chucky, that wasn't the occasion.

It won't get cheaper, nor should it. The frontier closed 120 years ago, and the days when executions were expedient disappeared shortly thereafter.

Fundie-whacks everywhere share certain characteristics. In the world of the Ayatollahs, all appeals are made directly to the Lord, and I doubt that our own death penalty zealots would want it to be any different.

See, y'all really do have something in common.

Who said anything about appeals?
 

cybrsage

Lifer
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I dont understand your question. rephrase it.

You claimed that small government republicans are hypocrits if they support a more intrusive government.

Since hypocrisy is basically saying one thing and doing another, you have to show the two are opposites in order for your sentence to be anything but complete nonsense.

Show that small government cannot be intrusive...support your statement.
 

dank69

Lifer
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... Capital punishment neither increases nor decreases the size of government. The two are not linked at all.
Care to back that up with more then your opinion?
Use simple logic.

...

So. Basic logic says capital punishment and the size of government are not related.

Your turn. Support your stance they are.
Size of government in the context of 'large or small' usually refers to the quantity and degree of its powers. Capital punishment is a power that can be given to or taken away from the government. Logic says that giving one more power to the government increases its size while taking away a single power decreases its size. Is this simple enough for you?
 

cybrsage

Lifer
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Size of government in the context of 'large or small' usually refers to the quantity and degree of its powers. Capital punishment is a power that can be given to or taken away from the government. Logic says that giving one more power to the government increases its size while taking away a single power decreases its size. Is this simple enough for you?

Simple, but wrong.

This would mean that anyone who supports small government must want to be rid of the justice system altogether, which is so silly not even Ausm would say it...and he is the forum jester, whose main purpose is to say silly things.
 

dank69

Lifer
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Simple, but wrong.

This would mean that anyone who supports small government must want to be rid of the justice system altogether, which is so silly not even Ausm would say it...and he is the forum jester, whose main purpose is to say silly things.
Hyperbole only helps your case in the eyes of the dim witted.
 

cybrsage

Lifer
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Why use proper grammar when talking to someone who claims to be dim witted? Waste of energy.