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6.11.06

phraseology

why is it that one is always "hung until he is dead"? is it possible to judicialize a punishment that is "hung until not quite dead" or "hung just a little bit" or even "hung in the standard manner", because wouldn't that mean up to and including death? and does this mean that the coroner or E.M.T. or somebody has to climb up on the gallows and examine certain ex-dictators to determine that they are, in fact, deceased, and can be taken down? is there a "hung until that rat fucker's head falls off" or is that cruel and unusual, and if so, why, because he's already dead? can we legislate "hung until merely unconscious" for lesser offenses? and if the hangee falls into a seventeen-year coma, does he stay up there? and if the hangee does that jumpy little jig-thing that they do, and sometimes that goes on for what really seems like an awfully long time, especially for someone who's supposed to be dead, and people cheer, then is it an "activist judge"?

also, i need to call the dad and see if amnesty international is organizing a letter-writing campaign. Because i want to doubt it, but there it is. is there really no line you can cross? eh, i'm just not a christian woman, then. HAHA, funny!

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