On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:16:50 -0500, George M. Middius cmndr
[underscore] george [at] comcast [dot] net wrote:



Schizoid Man said:

France may have burdensome system of public welfare, but they've done a
better job at separating church and state than we have in the USA.

Not only church and state, but also basic human rights.

Maybe, but they wouldn't have the current rash of riots if they'd started
using the death penalty judiciously 20 years ago.

Apart from the fact that the death penalty is barbaric and inhuman,
and no deterrent to anyone except the victim, how does it relate to
the riots? Would the rioters have stayed home for fear of receiving
the death penalty?