Reply #20: "It is my position that it is wrong to kill anyone, anytime, for any reason, period."

[bertman]

My experience has proved to me that there are people who SHOULD be killed. Our society has evolved, and I use that term loosely, to the point where we codify the prohibition against killing others, while at the same time doing exactly the opposite of what our law decrees.

I understand why we codify the "sanctity of life"--because it makes for a much more functional and manageable society than the one where each citizen makes his/her own decision about who he/she might kill, for whatever reason.

BUT, there are predators among us. There are murderers, torturers, rapists, child abusers, slavers, arsonists who destroy the lives and livelihoods of others for their own personal gratification or financial gain. The deaths of these types of human beings would be a blessing for humankind.