TASK DEFINITION: We would like you to classify each of the following sets of argument pairs (discussing Death Penalty)  into either SIMILAR or NOT SIMILAR. A pair of arguments is considered SIMILAR if the arguments are about the same FACET (making the same argument), and is considered NOT SIMILAR if they do not have the same FACET. A FACET is a low level issue that often reoccurs in many arguments in support of the author's stance or in attacking the other author's position.
PROBLEM: Sent1: I am "for" capital punishment... but if a criminal shows a desire for death over a life sentence, I prefer to be sadistic.
 Sent2: I see no point in letting someone live who does not want to live, or letting someone die who does not want to die.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: Although there is much controversy about him, I agree that prisons, especially for those for whom the death penalty could be considered, should be punishment.
 Sent2: Well I, as creator of this debate, think that there should not be a death penalty.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: Since I am not related to any death-row-inmate's victims (of murder, rape, molestation), I do not classify my desire to see them dead as vengeance.
 Sent2: If I heard of an innocent stranger being brutally killed, I might want to see the perpetrator suffer because of the suffering of the victim - that is VENGEANCE pure and simple.

SOLUTION:
Not similar