Reply #96: It removes one child

[JerseygirlCT]

And probably ensures that all his family and friends - the same people who taught him to be a violent hater - feel absolutely victimized and justified in their continuing hate. And then, how long until yet another child is killed for the crime of being gay and breathing?

It perpetuates a chain that has no possible good end result.

The adults in this killer's life failed him. They infected him with deadly hate. He acted because of that infection. Killing him doesn't get anywhere near the root problem. It's like cutting the top off a dandelion... not going to do much to deter its growth. You've got to try to get to the root.