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To the extent that either side couches their political disagreements in terms of violence and killing it is wrong and a needless escalation.
That said, there is a difference between using imagery of violence as a metaphor as both Cameron and Palin both clearly have, nobody seriously thinks either wants to literally shoot the people with whom they are disagreeing and simply expressing a desire for violence as sometimes happens.
So, my preference would be that everybody say to the people offering the violence metaphors "tsk, tsk, don't be an ass" and to those pretending to be offended by obvious metaphors "tsk, tsk, don't be an ass."
And everybody should condemn in the strongest terms threats or exhortations to violence that are not metaphors, regardless of whether the person uttering them is likely or even capable of carrying them out.
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