[Secret Agent Man]

This last response proves you don’t read others posts.

My first post on this clearly explained why people were cheering. It wasn’t for the death of the person, it was because a politician made it clear that some capital crimes deserve death, and most people feel that way, but hardly ever hear a politician agree with them by standing up for real justice. The death penalty is totally appropriate for certain crimes. Most people know this, Perry inasmuch said it, he’s not sorry for it, and THAT is why people cheered.

It’s not bloodlust. It’s justice. That’s why they were cheering.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I see what you're saying. But when I used the word "blood lust," I was talking about the people in Jesus' time who were so enthused about stoning the adulteress. And in my last post, I was talking about my friend Chuck, who has been suffering 30 years over his father.

As for the people cheering the hundreds of executions in Texas, who knows the exact interpretation of their cheers? Do they write essays earnestly clarifying that they are not cheering for death? Of course not. I suspect there would be a range. I do know that enthusiasts show up for executions to have tailgate parties in the parking lot and offer loud huzzas for the press. This constitutes a counter- witness to the solemn justice of death to which you and others have alluded.

That said, reading my other posts you should have noticed that I have made no argument against the death penalty per se.

Good day to you.