Don: It was wrong to execute McVeigh, a known killer, but one would be justified killing someone who is about to kill? Is that what you're saying?

McGrath: Columnist, Johah Goldberg of Tribune Media Services wrote in a column today in the Arizona Republic the following: "In Britain, home of Amnesty International, two-thirds to three-quarters of the public wants to reinstate the death penalty. In Italy, Europe's anti-capital-punishment trail-blazer, half the voters want the death penalty returned." He was quoting Joshua Micah Marshall, a liberal writing in "New Republic." Marshall is also quoted as saying that, "public opinion surveys throughout Europe AND Canada consistently show that the public in the allegedly "more enlightened" countries favor the death penalty almost as much as we barbaric Americans do." The emphasis on the "and" is mine, not part of the column.

I just wanted to point out that you are carrying the torch for the minority, not majority of the population in your country.

DougR