I don\u2019t ever remember such personal outrage as I felt watching that smirking kid in court. My feelings were primeval, primitive, and raw. That\u2019s why I oppose the death penalty, not because killers don\u2019t deserve it, but because in some way its application is intended to assuage all those visceral sensations, yet rarely does.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe mistake that is consistently overlooked by death penalty advocates is that they do not take into account the effect it has on those who support it and, especially, on those who inflict it. \u00a0The appalling spectacle of death penalty zealots waving frying pans and calling it a sober love of justice or, worse, of Catholics making sick\u00a0arguments like \u201cthe crucifixion of Jesus shows that God loves the death penalty\u201d demonstrates the warping effect of this hostility to the Church\u2019s teaching. \u00a0When Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, North Korea and the Communist Chinese are the closest allies you have in your quarrel with the Magisterium, the odds are extremely high that the Church is right and you are wrong.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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