I can vouch for that bit about the cost of education... I turned down a four year full ride (everything) scholarship plus a National Merit scholarship to go to West Point, and it’s going to cost me more money to go there than my other schools would. I do it because I want to, not because it’s free.
The Jesus Christ I know said "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven." (Matt 5:44-45)
It seems to me from that passage that he would not condone capital punishment.
Exactly the point I was going for. For him to walk free, the police et al. would have to experience a serious lapse in judgement, one for which I would dismiss them from their posts.
Ummm... yeah, sure, you can keep and bear arms. But you cannot shoot in the direction of the highway. Your rights end where the rights of another begin.
What he did was dangerous, and as such, a reprimand is in order. Anarchism only works so well.
I know- I never thought it would happen. R day is June 25th- better than Christmas, in my book. It does make high school all the more frustrating though; if I could, I would be there tomorrow.
*sigh* I know... I was there for a week in June for their SLS (for possible applicants) and it was quite interesting what I saw on those morning runs... not a single Mexican or Spaniard (except in the kitchen), but Spanish all over the place. Blows my mind.
West Point definitely has 3 churches- a Cadet Chapel for its protestant faiths, a chapel for the Catholics, and a chapel for the LDS faith, as well as possible others. It also has all of its road signs posted in English and Spanish.