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Post by Guest on Feb 3, 2009 17:38:18 GMT -6
Hello everyone on this board,
I hope you can help me. I'm planning on doing a role play with my EFL class in the style of a talkshow on the DP. Although I'm pretty familiar with the arguments on both sides, I'm having a hard time, coming up with pro DP roles to asign to my students... (I'll need three in total) My ideas so far: - a victim's family member who wants the murderer to pay for what he's done and who don't want him to ever be able to kill again - a politician who is pro DP because it prevents future murders - a community member where crime occurred, person knows the victim's family and feels sorry for them; the thought of the killer facing a comfortable life in prison - paid for by his taxes - makes him furious
Do you have any suggestions, feedback, etc. for me? Do you think these roles are realistic?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Post by Californian on Feb 4, 2009 8:40:26 GMT -6
Hello everyone on this board, I hope you can help me. I'm planning on doing a role play with my EFL class in the style of a talkshow on the DP. Although I'm pretty familiar with the arguments on both sides, I'm having a hard time, coming up with pro DP roles to asign to my students... (I'll need three in total) My ideas so far: - a victim's family member who wants the murderer to pay for what he's done and who don't want him to ever be able to kill again - a politician who is pro DP because it prevents future murders - a community member where crime occurred, person knows the victim's family and feels sorry for them; the thought of the killer facing a comfortable life in prison - paid for by his taxes - makes him furious Do you have any suggestions, feedback, etc. for me? Do you think these roles are realistic? Thanks in advance for any help! All three roles are quite reasonable, and all these positions can be found here as represented by various posters. You might also want to think about a victims' family member who does not support the DP despite their tragedy. A few survivors here advocate that position. Good luck.
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Post by Guest on Feb 4, 2009 9:59:52 GMT -6
Thank you, Californian! For the pro-position I have... - somebody who was on death row but was innocent - a human rights activist and (as you suggested) - a victim's family member who doesn't believe in the death penalty. Finding those was a lot easier, though. I have to admit that I am against DP, but I want my students to make up their mind on their own and therefore it is important to me to make sure that both sides get their fair representation.
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Post by Donnie on Feb 6, 2009 23:16:23 GMT -6
I believe that there should be somebody who had a member or members of their familiy killed by a murderer who was not executed after his first murder conviction.
Another role should be played by a person not directly affected by murder who believes that the pursuit of justice is one of the most valuable attributes of a civilized society. She would, of course, recognize that there could never be justice for torture-murder victims such as Amy Seitz or Heather Muller. But she would argue that the continuing and increasing unfair advantage that we go out of our way to give murderers should be cut short at some point.
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Post by Donnie on Feb 7, 2009 8:10:26 GMT -6
Thank you, Californian! For the pro-position I have... - somebody who was on death row but was innocent Along with this person you should have: 1. somebody who was innocent who almost died in an airplane crash. 2. somebody who was innocent who almost died when an automobile crashed into their house. 3. The innocent 15-year old girl who was kidnapped, raped, had her arms cut off and was left for dead. By the way, her rapist is out of jail now and she still doesn't have any arms.
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Post by Donnie on Feb 7, 2009 10:06:11 GMT -6
Have somebody play the role of Isamar: MORRIS COUNTY — Called a pustule and depraved, the former day laborer who molested and murdered 10-year-old Walter Contreras Valenzuela by a riverbank in Morristown in 2001 was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 25 years. “A pure child tainted and hurt in ways that are unimaginable. Can a human being really have done this?” Walter’s sister, Isamar, said in a statement on behalf of herself and parents Dora and Rolando Valenzuela, at the sentencing of Porfirio Saravia Jimenez. Walter’s mother held up a large portrait of her son while her daughter, 16, read the statement. “Can this man be human?” Isamar asked. “This man is just wearing a mask. Underneath he is but a creature that haunts the dreams of children and parents.” www.app.com/article/20090207/NEWS/90207012
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Post by kingsindanger on Feb 8, 2009 22:50:19 GMT -6
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