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Saw the film. Great movie. Great direction and great acting by Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Absolutely brilliant.
The death penalty issue comes to mind again after watching this film. Is it right for the state to sanction the execution of a human being? Are we not deeming certain people as not worthy of this status by getting rid of them completely from society?
Could it be viewed as an abuse of human rights?
Gandhi's old saying, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind" is profoundly relevant here. If this wasn't true, then what explanation is there for the fact that Truman Capote drunk himself to death by the early 1980s? The execution Capote had witnessed scarred him psychologically for the rest of his life. Does Capote's story serve to demonstrate the morally repugnant side of the death penalty?
Absolutely brilliant.
The death penalty issue comes to mind again after watching this film. Is it right for the state to sanction the execution of a human being? Are we not deeming certain people as not worthy of this status by getting rid of them completely from society?
Could it be viewed as an abuse of human rights?
Gandhi's old saying, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind" is profoundly relevant here. If this wasn't true, then what explanation is there for the fact that Truman Capote drunk himself to death by the early 1980s? The execution Capote had witnessed scarred him psychologically for the rest of his life. Does Capote's story serve to demonstrate the morally repugnant side of the death penalty?
