[Superman]

I have the same emotions as you guys. And the same sense of outrage, when a conclusion seems REALLY obvious. But then...

I also know that things can seem obvious, and still be false. And here comes the biggie: it seems crystal clear to me that capital punishment, while emotionally satisfying, is actually a clear signal of an immature society. That seems obvious to me, so I won't try to convince someone to whom it does not seem obvious. But there's another angle as well......There was this guy who lived in the Middle East a couple of millenia ago. He never wrote anything but he shook things up pretty thoroughly and quite a few people have recorded his remarks. He may have been a lunatic but if he was not that, then He was definitely someone worth listening to. His remarks about killing were very unambiguous.

So, you can hurl al the insult you like at me for being a liberal like this guy was, and then turn and support killing. Not for me, though, I'm listening to that guy.