I continue to be fascinated with this idea of State executions. After Saddam and his cohorts were hanged (they say "hanged", don't they; not "hung". Saddam may have been hung but it wasn't why he was hanged) there was some official U.S. commentary to the effect that we, or they who ostensibly represent we, had wished it had gone off with a little more dignity. Dignity. I'm not sure that it's really possible to dignify murder, even if it's a murder you deem fair and just. Why even pretend? Besides; we’re talking about the execution of a bunch of guys who's favorite pasttimes included feeding people they didn't like into a wood chipper – feet first. Their entire existence is an object lesson in indignity. If you choose to murder them for their crimes then you choose to become a murderer for the sake of revenge. So be it. But where does dignity come into the picture? This I still don’t understand.
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