One thing I'm definitely proud of my country for is its death penalty stance. No executions took place after the return of democracy in '74
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Replying to @asteris
In 1975, Karamanlis commuted death penalties for convicted colonels to life terms. In 1993, Papandreou banned the death penalty.
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Wasn't easy, the colonels' junta was responsible for many crimes against the people in its 7 yrs of rule. But we rose above their brutality.
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Last man to be executed in Greece, Aug. '72 (during the junta) http://www.newsbeast.gr/weekend/arthro/732322/i-ektelesi-tou-teleutaiou-thanatopoiniti-stin-ellada … asked for the death penalty, for burning his family
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Since then, there have been calls to reinstate the death penalty (esp. after large-scale arson & heinous crimes), but I'm glad we never did
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I don't have *that* stain to bear on my soul too, the collective responsibility for executing humans (plus Greece isn't bombing anyone)
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Do you believe that the intervention, say, against ISIS is immoral then?
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no, entirely different environment, and there's responsibility to stop them. But if you capture them, put them on trial.
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Ok, yeh - only asked when you mentioned bombing. My country (Aus) for instance is bombing IS, but I feel that it causes a net good.
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it's complicated, esp. on this example. But not having a history of heavy external intervention also does away w that burden
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