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I absolutely agree. By comparison, we don't trash the car of people who get into accidents with other people, we don't poison people who are responsible for industrial accidents. We do punish these people, of course, but the whole Hammurabi thing the death penalty has going on is a little much. Anyone who thinks that the "eye for an eye" is a good basis for a criminal justice system needs to listen to this episode of The Moth podcast.. When's the last time you yelled at someone who was yelling at you? Pent up emotional baggage you may have with that person aside, Did it really make you feel better? I can say honestly it's never made me feel better - it makes me feel empty, and doesn't make me less upset abut whatever I was yelling about.