Law Professor Eugene Volokh, speaks about his version of justice. Well, not exactly. See Professor Volokh uses his blog to unleash his inner Angry White Christian Bigot, and I don't even know if he's any one of those things other than Angry. And White. Volokh's whose rant is about giving in to the dark side of his desire to perpetrate revenge not justice on those sentenced to death. It was fomented by the public execution of an Irani man, where the victims relatives were allowed to participate in the particulary barbaric execution. And Volokh revels in it. Absolutely revels in the bloodlust.
I particularly like the involvement of the victims' relatives in the killing of the monster; I think that if he'd killed one of my relatives, I would have wanted to play a role in killing him. Also, though for many instances I would prefer less painful forms of execution, I am especially pleased that the killing — and, yes, I am happy to call it a killing, a perfectly proper term for a perfectly proper act — was a slow throttling, and was preceded by a flogging.
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I am being perfectly serious, by the way. I like civilization, but some forms of savagery deserve to be met not just with cold, bloodless justice but with the deliberate infliction of pain, with cruel vengeance rather than with supposed humaneness or squeamishness.
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Why would my humanity be diminished by participating in the killing of a monster (he had sexually abused and then murdered at least about 20 children), or even by deliberately inflicting pain on him?
If the learned professor can't answer that, then I'm guessing that he'd have done well at Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz or any of the other mid-20th century death factories funded in part by la famiglia Bush.
I'm pretty sure that he'd have been one of the laughing yokels in the grainy black-and-white pictures of lynchings (they got what they deserved, sayeth Eugene!), or more recently he'd have been more than happy to hang with the Negroponte's death squads in Central America or even the kids in the Abu Gonzales justice system, because his humanity would not be diminshed, after all someone must have thought those being tortured and executed were worthy of revenge, not justice.
Nice guy. True modern-day republican. Bloodthirsty as they come, it's all about revenge and being the victim. So sayeth Eugene.
posted by Jo Fish on 03.18.05 at 12:05 AM
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I think this should be enforced.
Especially for misdemeanours. Like groping.
The family of Ahonld's employess should be allowed to grope Maria Shciavo- er Shiver as retibution for Ahnold groping their female relatives.
After all, what's a few tradeoffs between male authority figures anyways?
posted by: Mr. Murder on 03.21.05 at 04:34 PM [permalink]
The republican double standard on death never ceases to amaze me! They're total hypocrites on this issue.
Consider this case: here is a republican individual relishing the role of cruel torture. Where is the biblical "judge not, lest ye be judged." Through what twisted logic does the bible allow for cruel punishment of even the worst crimes? I was a CCD student as a child, and I know that simply because something happened in biblical times, doesn't mean that Jesus would have supported it! To keep control of your emotions is the sign of ultimate power over your adversaries, and capturing a bug alive his harder than simply squashing one. Seems to me the ultimate demonstration of power over the criminal is to safely put these people in glass bottles on the shelf for the rest of their lives without destroying them.
Consider also this case: Terry Schivo, an individual who did NOT wish to be kept alive should she be in the state that she is now, yet the blood thirsty republicans preach "honor life." By what cruel logic can they force people to stay alive when facing painful-terminal illness? Through what misguided logic can they say "you must stay alive under all circumstances, except when we deem you ready for the needle at the big house."
They're hypocrites!... Plain and simple, when the Pope consistently requests that death sentences be commuted to life in prison, how can they ignore this and continue to preach the value of life?
Liars and Hypocrites all! You cannot support the death penalty and at the same time preach "honor life." You cannot simultaneously talk about commitment to religion, "values" and "morals" while also promoting torture and "the deliberate infliction of pain, with cruel vengeance rather than with supposed humaneness or squeamishness."
They just don't get it..
posted by: Dan on 03.23.05 at 11:57 PM [permalink]
