[JasonC]

I seriously expect anybody who ruthlessly tortures and murders to be shot on sight by every decent human being. And I don't give a tuppenny damn where he lives or what he is trying to do. If you do, then your head is screwed on backwards. Toleration of such things is why some parts of the world suck and others do not.

[palmer]

No, toleration of thugs acknowledges that some groups of people can't rule themselves and need to be supressed by thugs. A better alternative is a reformed military (e.g. in Turkey) but they can't always be trusted. As far as I am concerned, people who vote for Islamic law are voting for a thugocracy.