Soldier butchered in street in Woolwich

[TitoFan]

We don't have the death penalty in Britain.

Probably the root cause of your problems.

What a stupid thing to say. Do you really think that States and countries around the world that have the death penalty are free from murder ? Do you think having the death penalty in place would have stopped people blowing up a London Bus On which they sat? Do you really think that two guys callously and cowardly murdering an unarmed soldier or somebody stabbing an unarmed Grandad to death are the result of not having capital punishment ? What you are in effect arguing is that the guilt for these heinous acts somehow rests on the British people for abolishing hanging.

The death penalty is a deterrent, Sherlock.


de·ter·rent
/diˈtərənt/

Noun
A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from some act.
Adjective
Able or intended to deter.




Note the word "discourages", instead of "eliminates."
Try to keep up, gramps.