I'd be afraid if someone harmed my son that I would actually be able to 'pull the trigger', and I'm grateful for laws protecting me and others for that sort of impulse within myself. Because I can rationalise it when not feeling emotive, I know what I'd want for myself in those circumstances, and it's a sense of self-control, compassion, and hopefully forgiveness. I imagine I'd feel the total opposite. I do think that in terms of incarceration, 'life should mean life', regardless of the implications for taxpayers' money, because I believe that as a society we're mutually responsible for each other and killers etc. are just as much a product of our society as anyone else. Just my thoughts though...
best wishes - Jane <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
