The death penalty IS barbaric, and should be reserved only for people who behave in a barbaric fashion. Like anyone who hurts kids. That being said.. It's a gray area. We live in a world dominated by a repressed christian state, and the rest of the world has to play along, Or Suffer The Wrath of God(tm). As right now American repressed Chistian Politicians think that anyone younger than 18 being naked/sexually active is evil, well, it's evil. I personally reserve that label for people who lust after kids who haven't hit puberty, or those that seek commercially to exploit that lust. This is just 'osity covering their butts, and it's smart to do so; I just hope that they keep that spark of free thought they occasionally show, and continue to allow things that are controversial to appear here.