[Zhang Fei]

I believe that it is the culmination of evaporated family values, loss of religion, the Protestant Hard work ethic, and lots of Hollywood movies where, for the last 40 years every good looking gal & guy has his/her hands clenched around a pistol with their arms extended outwards as they kick in a door.

We execute far fewer people than we used to. Back in the day, when our population was 1/2 what it is, we executed 4x as many people. We also executed them within 3 years of the trial. Executions were not only carried out, they were carried out while the crimes for which punishment was being levied were fresh in the public's mind. Asian movies are far more violent that ours, and Asian crime rates are far lower.

[Netz]

Asian movies are more violent but are they all with hand guns or Smurai swords and nonchoks? Do they depict flying kicks to people’s heads or the gore being blown out of the side of a victim’s head as in Hollywood?

So what is the reason that there are so many murders in the States and not in Asia? The availability of weapons in the marketplace?

So are you saying, not enough capital punishment?