> > > Is there any part of the world that is completely civilized? I don't think so. Almost every country has some form of legalized killing. Many do it as a part of their religion. [...]
> > > I could never think as a country that allows people to be legally killed, as a civilized country.
> > > Howard

Oh-kay. If you say so. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court reneged on its position and reinstated the death penalty in 1976, which once again allowed the states to carry out executions, Canada has been lobbying to get our friends Stateside to change their minds. The United States is the only Western democracy that still carries out legalized murder.

(San Francisco Chronicle, 2/16/00). "A newly-released study of 62 death-row inmates cleared by DNA evidence demonstrates that mistaken eyewitness testimony was involved in 84% of the wrongful convictions."


> > Howard, your post reminded me of a Gandhi anecdote.
> >
> > Reporter: "What do you think of Western civilization?"
> >
> > Gandhi: "I think it would be a good idea."
> >
> > --Jezzika