Beware of those in whom the will to punish is strong

As Friedrich Nietzsche once said, "Beware of those in whom the will to punish is strong."

Take, for example, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig. He has a long history of supporting tough sex crime legislation and fought against gay marriage, but Minneapolis police say he solicited a sex act from an undercover officer in an airport bathroom last year, which he denied.

And then there's former Florida Rep. Mark Foley. He, too, was one of the strongest advocates of punishing adults who have sex with minors. He was a champion of the Adam Walsh Act, which requires states to adopt tougher laws targeting sex offenders. Of course, ABC News then caught Foley sending sexually explicit instant messages to minors.

source: Article 'Sex, Laws and Politicians' by John Stossel; abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/story?id=4451535& page=1#.UbI87c44_1C; ABC News; 14 March 2008