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Quote by: grandpa  Because I'm not "scum...living with us in our society," that's why. I agree this guy did terrible things and I'm not even glad he exists, but I'm not going to argue that I should kill him, or that our society should kill him. Quite simply, I lack faith in the idea of revenge, at least intellectually. I realize that killing him will not set society right. It simply won't. Killing people ultimately doesn't solve problems. It hides them, and worse.
Of course, this is my position in argument. If I happened to actually get attacked by someone, I might sink to a lower level. Howvere, as the saying goes, I'll cross that bridge if I get to it.
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In addition.... I am not a psychologist, BUT... I have to wonder, given the circumstances, what sort of awful effect the execution of this guy would have on his daughter and their joint children. Given the weird human brain, and given that she and they have not exactly grown up in "normal" circumstances, I would think there would be some self-recriminations going on which would hamper their efforts to achieve whatever shred of decency and normalcy they can.