This was actually brought up at lunch today, "look at crazy Norway which doesn't have a death penalty." Out of eight people, not including myself, one girl dissented, said it was too lenient but that governments shouldn't have a death penalty. The others said Norway was crazy for not having one. Discussing politics at school is unusual, so I thought I'd bring it up.
Your school sounds like an awful place.
What's somewhat confusing or just showing of ignorance is that his state also doesn't have the death penalty. So they can disagree with Norway not having it but it's a little odd to be talking about "crazy Norway" for not having it when you live in a state that's the same way.
