Given the above, I don't believe this even a little bit I do as I feel the same way. Well it's the dumbest [expletive] thing I've ever heard How is this dumb, or even confusing? I'm not a fan of capital punishment, in most cases, because sometimes the evidence isn't there. People have been executed for crimes they didn't actually commit. This guy was 100% intending on inflicting mass murder. I said "execute" him... to "send a message" to any other wannabe terrorist out there that even if you fail, we will put you down. I'm not a fan of abortion either, but I still think that a woman who is raped has every right to one. Is that the dumbest [expletive] thing you've ever heard too, or entirely reasonable? Can you not agree with something 99% of the time, but still accept it in the other 1%? I think you can. I'm also not a fan of the Phillies in the slightest, but I would prefer them to win a World Series over the Yankees. Oh cool, this got interesting. First of all, Mojo's counter to your "deterrent" argument is right on. The threat of incarceration or death is not going to stop a soul who has the stones to commit acts of terror U.S. soil. But, I digress You tell me you aren't a fan of capital punishment because sometimes innocent people get killed, and in the same breath you tell me that this man deserves to die because of the deaths he INTENDED to cause? Seems to me that if you were in favor of executing a man who didn't successfully take a human life, you'd be gung ho about killing all the men who clearly did. I'm not with you on your on your abortion argument, either, but I object to your implication that I see such things in black and white. It couldn't be farther from the truth.