OT: Insightful (re: Amish shooting)

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I would have jumped all over Mephisto's misuse (IMHO) of the Declaration of Independence to justify his blanket rejection of the death penalty, but RonGianti beat me to it. (Not that M.'s not entitled to his opinion.)

But to go back to the (OT) topic: The NYTimes editorial is "spot on," as the Brits say, in describing the problem at the symptomatic level, but he errs in identifying the root issue. The core problem is not lack of equality for women, nor is it hatred of women. It is not even the sexualization and objectification of women and girls (and boys). The core problem is that everyone is being taught that there is no absolute right or wrong, that there is no moral standard by which behavior should be judged, and that there is no God who will hold them accountable for every deed done in secret. Without these things, morality becomes strictly a matter of opinion, with nobody's opinion being any better than anyone else's, including the opinions of rapists, child molesters, serial killers, and porn merchants.