Polls show it, newspaper editorials reflect it, and legislative initiatives mirror it.
But then there's Timothy McVeigh. He's asking the government to kill him. He wants to be a martyr for his cause. McVeigh made his point against what he perceived as government violence by his own act of violence - bombing the Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City. And that's why we must hold back our avenging hand and not kill Timothy McVeigh.