To the proverbial cold and calculating mind, it might be reassuring to know which potential victims are valued less by the state and make better prey. I just think we should ask ourselves if this spiral of escalating aggression is really in our best interests. Sovereign individuals may be killed or taken captive by acts of war, but if we give the sanction to kill helpless individuals to a collective agency, we might as well surrender the field of politics to the collectivists. Political debates aside, once the state is given the sanction to kill citizens, it will naturally enlarge upon that power, as it always seeks to enlarge its powers. Using such forfeited lives to make license plates doesn't really undo the wrong or teach much.
Humans are fallible beings, and even the best system of human justice is susceptible to failure.
If a person is imprisoned and put to work righting the wrongs they have been found guilty of committing, and new evidence is found that exonerates them, they can be set free and restitution made to them. The possibilities are infinite, if we have the creativity and courage to take on the responsibility to repair and teach, instead of reacting with hatred and destruction. The Millennium Bug , a suspenseful thriller. Tiggre can be found at the Liberty Round Table .