I have the girliest girly layout of anyone ever!

So I'm trying to study for my exam on Criminology (the course is for Sociology) and I came across this interesting proposition, that states:

"During wartime the rate of homicides goes up and... in countries where the death penalty is used the rate of homicides is higher than in countries where it is not used. So we can assume that when a country legitimizes killing (in some form) the respect and/or value of human life is reduced in general." 
I translated this from Finnish so if it doesn't make sense it's my fault.

¤ I think this can be applied to smaller communities than countries as well. Like gangs of different types of Mafia organizations, so like all organized crime in general. Inside these communities the taking of lives is an accepted way of dealing with conflict.
¤ I looked at some statistics about murder rates by country and then at countries where the death penalty is used and it's not quite as simple as that of course. For instance the country that has the most murders (Colombia) doesn't have the death penalty.
¤ BUT! This is where my addition comes in. I'm not an expert on Colombia, but from what I've heard they have big problems with drug cartels aka organized crime ---> who are okay with killing people, so we still have a society inside Colombia that has legitimized killing even if it's not sanctioned by the government.

And wow... can I ramble or what? xD

( big bang stuff )

The national championships for ice sculpture making (wtf is it supposed to be called anyway...) are held right here this year. I'm going to go take a look tomorrow when they have all finished. I hope they are cool, 'cause we had them in my hometown like 5 years ago or something and there was this awesome sculpture of a T-Rex skeleton. I had a photo of it but maybe it's on my old computer. The point is they can be awesome. =D