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I was merely discussing the death penalty and am fully aware that we are nowhere near as bad off as the alarmists would like us to think. I run into this a lot with Christians who like to talk about how we are in the "end times". The fact is, people have a seriously difficult time taking anything but a short term memory look at the world. In Roman times it was fashionable to have sex with young boys, for fucks' sake. We are not worse off.

However, rape and murder are still terrible things and the desire to punish those who have committed these crimes is perfectly understandable from an emotional point of view. The conversation is a valid one is what I mean.