Gutted... I'm fairly liberal too, (ish), when it suits me. But when my car was stolen a few years ago I could be oft-heard muttering angrily that I thought thieves should have their hands cut off. The thinking being that it would make it more difficult for them to offend again. I do think that theft is taken too lightly, though. It's almost accepted that it will happen. I think that's wrong. It seriously f**ks up someone's day / week when their car gets nicked. In my case, even though it was insured, the whole affair cost me £600, including a bill from the police for picking the damned thing up. They never caught the person that stole it.