re: #676 ShanghaiEd

I’ve always been opposed to the death penalty, as perhaps the ultimate intrusion of government.

Nowadays that would seem to make me a libertarian by default, wouldn’t it? But wasn’t there a time, before the Religious Right, when basic conservatism was first and foremost about personal freedom? Or am I just wearing rose-colored glasses? :)

The death penalty is a statement by the rest of society that your actions are so heinous that you don’t deserve to remain a part of that society

…why people try to equate this with abortion always amazes me.