We could raise money for wounded Marines ... by ...
Having citizens make a very inflated contribution to purchase a bullet. Have some high tech ID on each bullet. The one, two or 3 that did the deed--the sponsors of those bullets would get a significant chunk of cash.
Yeah, kind of macabre. But nothing remotely as bad as what they dished out to babies and toddlers.
And it would make a big statement: Do the evil and we will terminally punish you as well as ridicule and make light of your sorry existence.
Won't happen though. We're too civilized for that ... except when we aren't.
John Barnes - Kaleidoscope Century