I'm going to do something totally awful here, I'm sorry, I'm really really sorry. I am not going to give any excuses for what I say here. I know I'm awful for putting up any kind of defense here.

But.... death? I'm against the death penalty in general, so I admit, I'm biased. [and besides, it doesn't exist in canada anymore] But, really, death?

I admit, in some cases, it's justified. But what about a person who turns themselves in, or someone who acted once and never again? What about cases of the people who don't deserve to die, who do so anyways because everyone hates child abuse and the law says they can die? And, then, when do we start executing people for their thoughts, or their fantasies? How do we define what "a little to far" is?

Child abuse is one of the worst things in the world. But what about the ones that never did anything, who live constantly knowing most of the world hates them? The ones who are so guilty that they want to die? I'm afraid of the idea of having "thought police". And as things escalade in a world where it's okay to kill people for committing these acts, who knows where it will lead. I'm all for sending them to prison for life; but I just can't support the idea of using the death penalty.

I have a feeling that no one else is going to support me in this; and that' okay. But I felt I had to present a side that maybe no one else would.

Thank-you and I'm sorry.