I thought a spare was when you knock down all the pins in two goes . That there ' s a seventen split . <| sep |> Given that it has in fact been morally acceptable in the past , I don ' t see what is so impossible about it being morally unacceptable . Morality is a meaningless term until you define the metrics . For example , if your metric for morality is does the action result in a higher average life expectancy in the society or in a lower one , then you would have to look at the data empirically to see if a policy of gay warrants capital punishment would result in a higher life expectancy or lower . There is no innate morality , it needs rubrics . If the metric is does it cause pain or not , you would have to weigh the pain caused by the rampant disease rates on the society vs the pain caused by outlawing homosexuality .