Pro legal abortion: abortions will be made no matter if it is illegal or not, so legalize it under certain rules so that you can prevent as many as possible by showing up alternatives. If it is not possible to prevent it, try to give it as much dignity and safety as possible (think of the horrible results in countries where it is illegal, just think of Romania in socialist times).
Contra death penalty: there are just too many mistakes (one innocent killed by state is one too much). Anyway, death penalty seldom prevented the crime which it punishes, in 18th century England theft was punisched by death and it didn't diminish thievery in the slightest.
with the term "suffer" I don't mean that you have to feel like a victim all your life. I just had the impression that some people stay more or less in the enviroment where they grew up and seldom experience what it is like to feel foreign or having to learn something completely by themselves because they didn't get it just like that (which can turn out to be an advantage, later in life, but at first it's not so funny).
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Pro legal abortion: abortions will be made no matter if it is illegal or not, so legalize it under certain rules so that you can prevent as many as possible by showing up alternatives. If it is not possible to prevent it, try to give it as much dignity and safety as possible (think of the horrible results in countries where it is illegal, just think of Romania in socialist times).
Contra death penalty: there are just too many mistakes (one innocent killed by state is one too much). Anyway, death penalty seldom prevented the crime which it punishes, in 18th century England theft was punisched by death and it didn't diminish thievery in the slightest.
I understand around 6 languages, I moved around in Europe pretty much.
with the term "suffer" I don't mean that you have to feel like a victim all your life. I just had the impression that some people stay more or less in the enviroment where they grew up and seldom experience what it is like to feel foreign or having to learn something completely by themselves because they didn't get it just like that (which can turn out to be an advantage, later in life, but at first it's not so funny).