> there are plenty of cases where people break the law in a socially regulated way and society doesn't enter into some sort of chaos. You're talking about civ

> there are plenty of cases where people break the law in a socially regulated way and society doesn't enter into some sort of chaos. You're talking about civil disobedience here, which typically doesn't involve murder. > (how is lethal injection different than assassination? I think it's basically the same) I'm opposed to capital punishment, but I see a huge difference between the two even though they both involve killing someone. The death penalty only comes after a legal process and court deliberation. Assassination is unregulated. That's a pretty large distinction. > Don't you think that the regular expectation of this might make them a little less blood-sucking? No, I don't. It would make them do their bloodsucking differently in order to minimize their risk, but I don't think it would make them cut back.