There is — let's demonstrate — a law against murder. But how do you deal with the man who fired the bullet at the cuckolder in mid-stroke, egged on to do so by his daughter, who is suffering from a fatal illness?
Um...
Good catch, however, from WFB: Yesterday Bush turned the world into one big Lake Woebegone when he said that every man and woman on earth has "matchless value".
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