A velha hipocrisia dos moralistas

Uma matéria da Economist sobre a redução do apoio à pena de morte nos EUA trás a seguinte informação:

Capital punishment is hardly controversial in Texas. Nearly three-quarters of Texans approve of it. In June the governor signed a law that would make some people who rape children eligible for it. But Texas is special. It now accounts for nearly half of all executions in America, of which there have been over 1,000 since 1976. During the six years in which George Bush was governor, the state put 152 people to death. No other governor in America's recent history except his successor, Rick Perry, has overseen so many executions.

E ele tem coragem de dizer que pesquisa com célula tronco é imoral ou antiético. O Hermenauta é que está certo:

Um conservador é alguém para quem a vida começa na concepção e acaba no nascimento.