Conquer Club

Ok so I have to participate in a discussion on the following two topics-

The monarchy should be abolished: Britain should be a republic.

And

The death penalty should be brought back.

I am currently researching the topics and I want to hear your opinions on them.

death penalty brought back yes.
monarchy abolished no. simple as that.

DAZMCFC wrote:death penalty brought back yes.
monarchy abolished no. simple as that.

Meh, I agree with the top one but what is the point in the monarchy

Monarchy should be abolished. The royal family has no rights anymore - I heard somewhere it is illegal for the queen to sell things.

No to the death penalty. Also abolishment of the monarchy would be pretty neat.

spinwizard wrote:The monarchy should be abolished: Britain should be a republic.

No.

We're a parliamentary democracy already and the monarchs bring in a lot of tourist income, not to mention it's a cultural tradition.

spinwizard wrote:The death penalty should be brought back.

Absolutely not.

While I think there are people who deserve to die, murder committed by an individual is a completely different thing to murder sanctioned by the state.

In any case, never heard the saying "death's too good for them"?

Yes to both.

Death penalty for stealing my car radio. Also death penalty for starving families who steal a loaf of bread.

Monarchy to be abolished, and everyone within a 10th cousin radius also be put to death.

Any questions?

The Queen has almost no power, the only thing she has is the title queen and a helluva lot of money. Parliament rules, the queen is kept as more of a tradition. This was told to me a week or two ago by my history teacher. As for the death penalty take it or leave it.

Death penalty yes

life for a life

abolition of the monarchy no

the monarchy brings in a lot of tourism and gives the brits something to be proud of

Norse wrote:Yes to both.

Death penalty for stealing my car radio. Also death penalty for starving families who steal a loaf of bread.

Monarchy to be abolished, and everyone within a 10th cousin radius also be put to death.

Any questions?

I agree. Although I would be a bit more lenient and only put to death down to the 9th cousin.

autoload wrote:

Norse wrote:Yes to both.

Death penalty for stealing my car radio. Also death penalty for starving families who steal a loaf of bread.

Monarchy to be abolished, and everyone within a 10th cousin radius also be put to death.

Any questions?

I agree. Although I would be a bit more lenient and only put to death down to the 9th cousin.

if your not doing it to the 10th....what is even the point?

cena-rules wrote:Death penalty yes

life for a life

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind."
-Mahatma Ghandi

Monarchy: i could care less since i dont know much about Britain or their power figures....
Death Penalty: yes, but not like in the old days....u were killed for anything. Just the most violent crimes should be punished by death penalties... like rape, murder, molesting little children, and terrorism.

No. The Queen is about as respected, diplomatic and tactful ambassador we could hope for. It is great to have a figure above petty politics to represent the country. She takes no sides. Plus we pay something like 80p each through taxes for their maintenance, taking into account the charity works and general representation they give us. And the tourist dollar...

And no. It isn't a deterrent and we can never be 100% sure someone is guilty. There are countless countless cases of new evidence declaring prisoners accused of murder innocent after years in prison. If they were dead then we'd have their blood on our hands.

You need the monarchy, without them you'd lose most of your tourists and 2 out of 3 papers (especially tabloids) would go bankrupt within a month because they wouldn't have anything to write about anymore.

As for the death penalty, no, I wouldn't argue for it if I were you. It costs as much as or more than lifelong imprisonment. If there's a screw-up and an innocent person dies there's nothing to be done about it, if an innocent person goes to jail at least he can be set free again and given some recompense, which is a lot better for public relations and also morally more acceptable. And speaking of morals, the difference between the acts of a murderer and the acts of the person who switches on the electric chair or injects the poison is that one of those is institutonalised and the other is not.

Death Penalty costs way more. (At least in the USA.)

MeDeFe wrote:And speaking of morals, the difference between the acts of a murderer and the acts of the person who switches on the electric chair or injects the poison is that one of those is institutonalised and the other is not.

"It is noteworthy that persons are pronounced mad by officials destitute of evidence that themselves are sane."

Ambrose Bierce, the Devil's Dictionary

The1exile wrote:

spinwizard wrote:The monarchy should be abolished: Britain should be a republic.

No.

We're a parliamentary democracy already and the monarchs bring in a lot of tourist income, not to mention it's a cultural tradition.

lol I just spit my coffee all over the place.


Brits have been getting raped for centuries by the royalty , but that is there own fault becuase there brain dead so they deserve it.

xtratabasco wrote:

The1exile wrote:

spinwizard wrote:The monarchy should be abolished: Britain should be a republic.

No.

We're a parliamentary democracy already and the monarchs bring in a lot of tourist income, not to mention it's a cultural tradition.

lol I just spit my coffee all over the place.


Brits have been getting raped for centuries by the royalty , but that is there own fault becuase there brain dead so they deserve it.

and... yep, all my respect for you just went down the drain.

mr. incrediball wrote:
and... yep, all my respect for you just went down the drain.

I'm sure this one hit home to xtra....

Norse wrote:

mr. incrediball wrote:
and... yep, all my respect for you just went down the drain.

I'm sure this one hit home to xtra....

yeah... well... i... shut up -_-

xtratabasco wrote:Brits have been getting raped for centuries by the royalty , but that is there own fault becuase there brain dead so they deserve it.

Really. Like how.

Death penalty is so hipocritical.

MasterKujacnbsh wrote:Death penalty is so hipocritical.

Well, maybe if you are keeping people alive for terrible spelling.