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As for the notion that the death penalty is somehow pagan, that is like saying breathing or child bearing is pagan.



Sometimes Larry, I wonder if you even bother reading.
Or maybe the nuances just escape you.
My comment was someone, note the italics (well, OK, they are kind of hard to see). The implication was that some in society demand that a person die, even if convicted on less than absolute evidence in the belief that that somehow equates justice. And that is pagan.

Again your comparison of people knowingly taking chances with their lives is not a valid comparison with state sponsored execution.

And, just for the sake of argument, confining a convicted murderer for the remainder of his life also protects society.

Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también