
Celebrating the death of a terrorist was bad enough, but I can at least comprehend the impulse. But cheering government executions and calling for the death of someone who cannot afford to pay exorbitant health care costs is more than I can take. Is this really who we are?
While religion compounds this problem by allowing those who hunger for executions and the death of the poor to cloak themselves in its garb and thus be shielded from criticism, I have a hard time believing that religion itself is the primary cause of what we observed at these debates. I also recognize that what we are seeing is not really new, even if it often seems like it is getting worse. It appears that some have decided to embrace and celebrate the worst aspects of our animal nature.