Should Canada bring back the death penalty for convicted murderers?

I think that they should for sure bring capital punishment back, if somebody is capable of killing another human being then they deserve to have their life taken. What is the good in locking them up in prison for the rest of their lives so they can live off of tax payer's money and contribute nothing to society. We already have enough people living on this little planet of ours that we don't need people that do not respect life and other people. Capital punishment was originally removed because of the amount of people that were killed but were falsely accused. Now a days we can test DNA and we have all sorts of new technology to find criminals, so it is less likely that somebody will be falsely accused.

According to Justin Piche, an assistant professor of sociology at Memorial University in St. John’s, N.L., who analyzes the costs of Canada’s prisons. The cost of the federal prison system has risen 86% since the Harper government took over in 2006, government reports show. When the Conservatives came to power in 2005-06, Canada’s federal corrections system cost nearly $1.6-billion per year, but the projected cost for 2011-12 has increased to $2.98-billion per year. “That is a humungous increase of over 80%,” said Justin Piche. “Canadians are going to be spending a lot more on their prisons, and this is just the beginning.” By 2013-14, the cost of the federal penitentiary system will have almost doubled to $3.147-billion, according to budget projections. Recent government reports on the cost of Canada’s jails show costs rising on all fronts. For instance, the cost of keeping a male inmate in prison rose from $88,067 per year in 2006 to $109,699 in 2009, according to the most recent data from Corrections and Conditional Release Statistical Overview.The cost of staffing Canada’s federal prisons has also increased significantly, with 5,745 more staff hired at Corrections Canada since the Conservatives took power. Staffing numbers have risen from 14,663 in 2005-06 to 20,408 full-time equivalents in 2011-12, according to Reports on Plans and Priorities.The government’s plan to construct new prison and expand existing ones is also a reason for rising costs. In 2010-11 alone, more than $517-million will be spent on prison construction.The Correctional Service of Canada also attributes the rising cost partially to the government’s Truth in Sentencing Act, which eliminated the two-for-one credit for time served prior to conviction, and the Tackling Violent Crime Act which toughens sentences for certain violent crimes. The department expects the prison population to grow by 4,500 inmates — up from a current population of 22,749 — by 2014. 

So why not make it easier on everybody and make it easier for us to sleep at night and get rid of these sick people? I am not saying kill the people that have stolen a TV, those people might learn from what they did but somebody who has taken a life I don't believe deserves a second chance! 

Baptism beats the gayness out of young boys!

A North Carolina senior pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville preached that parents should hit children that show signs of being gay, he says he was just joking and that the members of his congregation understood his intent. 

"Everyone in the congregation on that morning understood that there was no intent in any way, shape or form that I meant to break a wrist," Sean Harris told CNN.

He made this "joke" as he calls it during a sermon, that was dedicated to North Carolina's "marriage amendment" being put to a state poll. If it passes, it would specify the marriage of a man and woman will be the only legally recognized domestic union in the state.

This is a part of the sermon.

"So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, 'Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,' you get out the camera and you start taking pictures of Johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed," Harris preached.

"Can I make it any clearer?" he yelled. "Dads, the second you see that son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give them a good punch."

He even takes aim at girls too, warning parents to "rein in" daughters who are "acting too butch."

Right before the end of his 55 minute sermon, Harris said he isn't against same-sex couples living together even if according to him it's a "sick and ungodly way." He then made it clear he was not spreading anti-gay hate.

In todays society, this seems like something that should not exist! After all, parents aren't even aloud to physically correct their children and are meant to deal with it in more of a civilized manner. We are also not meant to treat homosexuality as a sickness or a choice. It is something that you are born with not something that can be gotten rid of by a good smack! 

Why can't people just let people be who they are? Homosexuals have had to put up with a lot and have fought for there right to live as couples without being ridiculed. I would say especially homosexual students get bullied because of the way the are. Two of the largest things that us as a society have been trying to fight is racism or prejudice and bullying. So why keep fighting homosexuality? Religion is meant to give hope for after death and a way for people to follow rules to stay civilized. But they can't expect people to change their sexual orientation for religion or because you hit them.

What would be the problem with a gay couple being legally married anyway? People have to get over themselves and stop trying to make peoples lives difficult, lots of homosexuals already have enough problems from society so why make it worse for them?

After Harris' sermon got out in public and he received lots of flack from the media and the public he proceeded to comment on this.

"I have learned from this and will seek to be more articulate and deliberate with my words in the future," Harris wrote, adding that his apology is not to be confused with a retraction of his other remarks.

"I do not apologize for the manner in which the Word of God articulates sexual immorality, including homosexuality and effeminacy, as a behaviour that is an abomination to God."

Religion not aloud at a Nova Scotia school!

A Grade 12 student in Nova Scotia has been suspended for wearing a T-shirt that expresses his religious beliefs. The South Shore Regional School Board suspended William Swinimer from Forest Heights Community School in Chester Basin for five days for wearing a shirt with "Life is wasted without Jesus" written on it!

School board Supt. Nancy Pynch-Worthylake says the wording on the shirt is the problem because it is aimed at the beliefs of others. She also says the school has spoken with Swinimer a couple of times about the shirt, asking him not to wear it again. She says the school tried mediation before suspending him.

Well there seems to be a problem! I thought we lived in a country that publicizes that we support freedom of choice, speech and religion. So what's the problem with a T-shirt that says "Life is wasted without Jesus"? At the school I attend we have students that wear shirts that promote sex, alcohol and drugs. But they never get suspended or so much as a warning. This shirt is far from being aimed at the beliefs of others because its a T-shirt nobody would be offended by this shirt and if so they are overly sensitive and need to get a LIFE!

If a muslim student went to school saying "Life is wasted without Muhammad" the school most likely say anything because they would be scared of being called racist, so what's wrong with promoting our countries main religion?

The whole problem with people today is that they make a big deal of racism which basically causes these situation. For example, if people could just be happy with who they are then they wouldn't have a problem with what other people think and racism and prejudism would cease to exist. But of course this will never happen because people always want to be what they aren't and are never happy with what they have.