If we follow them we will thrive, if not we will suffer. The socially-sanctioned hatred and rage which we express toward criminals in modern times violates these timeless instructions. We are breaking a fundamental spiritual law, and the price we are paying for it is increased crime, violence, depravity, hopelessness, and of course, more hatred and rage. Our children inherit these destructive attitudes. Teen suicide has doubled and teen homicide has tripled in recent years.
Many children carry weapons to school.
Our children are absorbing the message that it's okay to despise and harm people whom they perceive as enemies. That is not a mature or civilized philosophy. We are crossing a dangerous threshold of violence and ill-will. We have already crossed it in many movies and TV shows. They may hear jokes or celebratory remarks about the execution of a human being.