[congressman]

I would volunteer my services as the trigger man for child or sexual molesters, and not lose a minutes sleep over it. I wouldn't even ask for a salary.

Just curious.. How many people have you ever shot and killed before?

Thats big talk.. and I highly doubt, if given the chance to kill someone you've never met, or even heard about.. say john doe from bfe, georgia.. who was convicted of molesting a kid you've never met, or heard of..... That you'd be so tough and ready to kill.

I feel sorry for those who feel the way you do. So willing to play God, and decide who has the right to live and who has the right to die.

My greatest fear since joining the military years ago, was never about my battle buddy dying, or even myself getting blown to bits... The only thing that has scared me thus far, is looking through my M-68 (optics, laser sight), and seeing a red dot on someone that had no clue that I could end his life in a matter of seconds. So before you feel so confident that you can do it and walk away with a smile on your face, you need to reevaluate the person you are... Its way too easy to talk the talk on a website full of armchair generals, presidents, and bs'ers.

The way I've saw it for a few years now is pretty simple. As you can tell, I've had a reawakening spiritually and philisophically in my not to distant past. I've learned some important lessons.. Every life has value. And every single person is important. God ****it, we belong to someone!!! And although some people have destroyed the lives of others, it is NOT a reason to destroy theres. People change. Its a simple idea, and although every single person in this forum has probably had moments that they hated themselves, and made some bad decisions, they still overcame them and hopefully bettered themselves. The fact is, most people on sex offenders lists are 1 time offenders. My opinion is that sexual crimes are most often symptoms and signs of a troubled soul, and modern science is paving the way to show that it is more than likely a mental disease. If this is proven to be the case, as I'm sure it will, then it needs treatment.. and NOT radical punishment, and DEFINATELY NOT death.

Then on the case of drug dealers. Bill Clinton signed a law that allowed for the federal system to execute large scale drug dealers. This is the worst piece of legislation that Clinton ever signed, to my knowledge. (well, he signed a bunch of them.. so this is just one of many I suppose.) A man that once smoked pot, and former friends have claimed was involved in the drug trade in Arkansas.... decided that the worst of the worst, didn't have the right to life any longer. Well, coming from a man that would cheat on his wife, using the power of the most respected office in the entire world, at a time he had major issues to deal with... its not surprising that he'd do something so reckless. He probably didn't have time to read the bill before he signed it, thats a good excuse.. too busy smoking... pot, or 'cigars'? We'll never know.