The happiness penalty could be introduced to the crime at a tech later than the crime itself, but the (representing life expectancy) penalty from murder would stay the same throughout time.When murder was commonplace, did it have such a strong psychological effect on a witness? I mean, if you see it all day, you get kinda used to it. If I'd see someone get beaten to death with a club I'd be stunned since I never saw it IRL. Same with rape. But on the other hand groups were much smaller and you knew everybody you see and you mostly knew the victim personally. When you outlaw it, it becomes rarer, you feel more secure, but if it happens then, it has a stronger impact because of this.
I can relate; the amount of detailed text I've deleted right before posting is piling up, because I realize it isn't constructive/plausible for the mod at all.That's maybe just one of the topics that I think about and then realize that it is on a level that civ can't emulate and then I delete the text again - normally