I'm going to once again have to be an awful person.

I have never appreciated more what a serious thing abuse is. But I just can't justify killing a person for it. Not because many of them don't deserve it [they do]. But because I don't know where it would lead; like I said, I am terrified by the idea of "thought police". I am terrified of the idea of people being killed legaly because of what they think or fantasize, no matter what they think about. I am terrified that when I am older, I, too, will be persecuted because of what I think. I am terrified that guilt-ridden, depressed people who are atrracted to children, but have never acted on it, will be targeted and sent to jail.

Actually, I'm crying. Your words brought tears to my eyes, because it's so true. I can't even begin to imagine that kind of pain. I was emotionally abused for a good portion of my life, by my parents and by other kids, but I can't begin to imagine it.

Whether the death penalty should be brought in I think depends on the case; I'm still opposed to the idea though.

Thank-you.