ya .. and that's the thing..
when I think of someone hurting a child I have a hard time even contemplating it rationally.
Anger builds in me to a point I'm not comfortable with.
As you point out, it is about violence and power.
It must be stopped.
I concede that I have no better solution.
Cognitive pre-crime lightning strikes?
or ... stone them at the gate
Leviticus 20:10 ESV"If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.