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[IA_Seth]

Believe it or not, I empathize with a lot of what you are saying.

I do not have children, (I am a professional uncle for now) but if anyone were to ever harm a child that is close to me it would be very hard to restrain myself from going after the offender, and I can't tell you what would happen from there. I know it's an issue that ignites tremendous passion, and rightly so.

But I don't know that execution is the way to go. I don't think "everybody can be saved", but I do think a great number of them can be to one extent or another, and whether or not they are able to one day function in a normal society, I don't think a person's life should end because of mental issues.

It surprises me that so many religious conservatives are pro-death penalty when to me it goes against basic Christian principles.

All of the rest of your argument, impersonal work life, a messed up nation-building foreign policy, and the erosion of American manufacturing are all different issues. Yeah, they add up to a different America, and not a better one...but they have nothing to do with executing criminals.