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Perhpas it is the human capacity for murderous judgment that should be held up for scrutiny, rather than how that judgment manifests itself.

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While I think you and I agree that we all have our dark sides, for the most part society trains us to keep them in check. The examples you use are the extreme fringes that act outside of societal norms.



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A large part of our society brings them into the norm through tacit approval of their methods. An abortion doctor gets shot, even at dinner in front of his family, or his receptionist gets blown up, her children stalked, or some poor woman gets screamed at, lunged at, and followed home, and it's, "Well, you know, those things will happen ..." As if it were falling rain, or a child burping at the dinner table. When was the last time you saw a child molester's actions given a shrug and a "Well, these things will happen ..."

These things will happen because our tacit approval shelters and emboldens the people who make them happen, and their supporters. If a thug or murderer is "on our side," the rules suddenly get changed. And then we pretend we play no part in things that happen largely because of us.