Comments on: Software Sentences Chinese Criminals http://toshuo.com/2006/software-sentences-chinese-criminals/ Chinese, Linguistics, Science, Cultural Observations and whatever else I feel like writing about Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:04:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: trevelyan http://toshuo.com/2006/software-sentences-chinese-criminals/#comment-7703 trevelyan Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:23:21 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/software-sentences-chinese-criminals/#comment-7703 Oh... I know the US is far better than China in terms of this Prince. The reason I think it's an interesting question is that capital punishment seems to be largely a matter of judicial convenience for China, whereas in the United States my impression is that the issue has become a n entrenched focal point for partisan political conflict. The barbaric practice will hopefully die out worldwide. I just think it's an open question whether it will be easier for Americans to rid themselves of it than more authoritarian states where the authority to do so is concentrated even if the desire to do so is not. Oh… I know the US is far better than China in terms of this Prince. The reason I think it’s an interesting question is that capital punishment seems to be largely a matter of judicial convenience for China, whereas in the United States my impression is that the issue has become a n entrenched focal point for partisan political conflict.

The barbaric practice will hopefully die out worldwide. I just think it’s an open question whether it will be easier for Americans to rid themselves of it than more authoritarian states where the authority to do so is concentrated even if the desire to do so is not.

]]> By: Prince Roy http://toshuo.com/2006/software-sentences-chinese-criminals/#comment-7649 Prince Roy Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:45:29 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/software-sentences-chinese-criminals/#comment-7649 not really a fair question, since the US Supreme Court actually did effectively outlaw capital punishment for about a decade. To my knowledge, China never has. Of course that raises the scary spectre that the US is sliding backwards...well, we're still one leg up on the PRC and its ilk. The US, until 2005, executed minors, like China and these other stalwart examples of 'law and order' societies: Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. not really a fair question, since the US Supreme Court actually did effectively outlaw capital punishment for about a decade. To my knowledge, China never has. Of course that raises the scary spectre that the US is sliding backwards…well, we’re still one leg up on the PRC and its ilk. The US, until 2005, executed minors, like China and these other stalwart examples of ‘law and order’ societies: Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.

]]> By: trevelyan http://toshuo.com/2006/software-sentences-chinese-criminals/#comment-7643 trevelyan Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:14:04 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/software-sentences-chinese-criminals/#comment-7643 Yeah. The entire episode is much less egregious than the English language media suggests. Here's a better question for discussion: will it be China or the US to discard capital punishment first? Yeah. The entire episode is much less egregious than the English language media suggests. Here’s a better question for discussion: will it be China or the US to discard capital punishment first?

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