"What belongs to the gallows cannot drown in water."
_________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902
Posts: 9392 | Location: Northern Virginia | Registered: November 04, 2005
Well....I suppose in a way that might have cut down on repeat offenders though they did mention a few of those.
How did they know the bloke was loving those cows? Forensic science was not so great back then. Was most of this based on sworn testimony and eye witness accounts?
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The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance
Posts: 21253 | Location: San Dimas CA, The Old Dominion or the Tar Heel State. | Registered: April 16, 2007
Back then I would like to have retired as a guillotine operator, but they didn't have a good severance package.
Posts: 9537 | Location: Somewhere looking for ammo that nobody has at a place I haven't been to for a pistol I couldn't live without... | Registered: December 02, 2014
You know, I think we could use a little more of that good ol' fashioned tough on crime type punishment right about now, coupled with some 21st century high tech due process.
But I think a modern executioner might just make Boris rethink just how busy his schedule really was though.
Originally posted by parabellum: The acid test? When I wish I would have thought of the remark.
Cool! Thanks!
Posts: 9537 | Location: Somewhere looking for ammo that nobody has at a place I haven't been to for a pistol I couldn't live without... | Registered: December 02, 2014
