I'd snuff him in a minute.

But as you said, Amos, that isn't what is being talked about here. What's being talked about is a ritual killing that, in common with many people, I believe must ineviably degrade and contaminate any society which indulges in it.

And what confirms that for me is when we have proponenets discussing it, not as a terrible thing that has to be done for the greater common good, but with a kind of relish. That's what I mean by "degrade and contaminate."