I assume we all agree that McVeigh has done a horrible thing. But trying to dream up ever-more-hellish punishments for him will not solve anything; in fact, it will only foster an increased callousness among the rest of us. So far in this thread we have heard some discussion of the pros and cons of the death penalty, along with a lot of comments that basically say "let's do THIS to him; that would REALLY be horrible!"

My personal view is that the death penalty doesn't do anyone much good, and should be abolished. But I am appalled by the number of comments here that promote gang rape and other forms of torture as an appropriate means for society to impose "justice". It sickens me that so many in our society feel that physical and psychological torture should be instruments of government-sponsored punishment for criminals -- no matter what they have done.