So, what's up with that guy? ^

Bingowings said:

If the legal and cultural response to unwanted tactile contact with a child is way beyond the same offense to an adult where do you go with rape?

If you use the highest possible sanction against rape where do you go with multiple rapes or torture or multiple rape with torture and a side order of serial murder?

I don't get it. I don't really see what the problem is. Maybe someone else can help out. But here is an enlightened perspective that broadens the scale for you.

Israel began in 1948, it's one of those European made up countries like Kuwait.

Or Scotland for that matter.

As such it has less history than America and most of it is as horrid as countries a thousand times older.

I do wonder what peaceful nations you have in mind.

Religion is a thing it's neither good nor bad in of itself beyond what people do with it.

It's irrational nature makes it easier for people to use it to justify doing unspeakable things but it also can be used to motivate people to do amazing things.

Like nationalism really.

And like nationalism people are irrationally attached to it.

You can believe in a god, pray, do charitable deeds etc without belonging to the exclusive club of a single religion or cult.

You can live in a country and even enjoy it without throwing yourself into pomp of patriotism.

All group allegiances lead to sectarianism (we see this console wars and 'franchise' wars).

Actions based purely on the outsider not being an insider.

That has to be a bad thing.

I do think all the modern "communities" are absurd. Belonging and believing do not seem irrational to me.