Eye for Eye

After full course of due process
When convicted by a competent jury
and PROVED guilty
Duly sentenced by a judge after every last day in court . . .

I am in favor of cruel and unusual punishment. In the case of dragging people to death they hook you up to a trailer hitch with a rope and start driving.

Unusual? Anything the State does to punish an offender must be unusual or it is not a punishment. The other side of unusual is that it stands out and acts as a deterrent to future offenders.

Cruel? Let the punishment fit the crime. The other side of cruel is that it stands out and acts as a deterrent to future offenders.

Inhumane? Tell that to the girl who was dragged to death after they stole her computer.

The State should not stoop to their level? Their level needs to be rubbed out with a nuclear bomb. Rape somebody to death, we have a machine to stand in for humans returning that favor. Beaten to death? I bet the family of the victim or the neighbors might step up to the plate. Cut a throat? Slit! Poisoned them, did you? How does it taste, baby?

If the State is going to be religion-free, then it is at liberty to usurp God's rightful place as the executor of vengeance. God claims vengeance as his, but if you officially don't care, then somebody needs to avenge bloodguiltiness. Otherwise you get . . . what we have.

NOTA BENE:

This is not the way it is in America and it probably never will be. Until and unless this becomes The Way We Do Things, I'm for at least giving Old Sparky a workout every now and again.