And there's really no choice, because elsewhere in this steamy document, the platform is quite enthusiastic about the death penalty, complaining repeatedly that it isn't used nearly enough. We don't care. Come on in anyway and try to make yourself feel at home. I didn't see more than a few seconds of the videotaped assault in Central Park. That was plenty.
Some men are sick.
To suggest that this is a product of our times is an excuse for behavior that has been with us always. When we natter on about our culture, about how this is a corollary of violent lyrics and explicit movies, it is no more than a different kind of excuse. It's rare for a justice to read aloud from a dissent. It's deemed fractious. That three justices read lengthy ones this morning is quite extraordinary.