[lesser_satan]

No, but an innocent person shouldn't be able to enslave you because somebody committed a crime against you either.

I predict your next response will be something along the lines of, "Are you equating bearing a child with slavery?", to which my response will be, "Yes, if she is forced against her will to bear a child whose conception she bears no responsibility for".

So there is really no point in arguing any further, as neither of us shall persuade the other in this matter.

[muawiyah]

Look, you want a dead body ~ what's wrong with executing the rapist? We could even add a bit of torture to the mix if you wished ~ maybe slice and dice, topped off with a bit of drawing and quartering.

Certainly that'd slake any thirst.

[frankiep]

Tell me EXACTLY what the child did wrong to justify KILLING it. Life is not fair, we all have circumstances beyond our control that we have to face. We cannot kill people because of it though.