Reply #12: does all the cruelty come from the state?

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Green, whose name is remembered, is called a saint - even though he was, presumably, involved in armed robbery even if he did not pull the trigger. Wasn't there some cruelty done to the store clerk, who is nameless in this post? Why doesn't he get a name? Why isn't he remembered? Why, by Grabthar's hammer, does he not deserve to be avenged? Perhaps he too grew up in the slums and suffered a violent childhood. Does Cahill's book say very much about him? In 2007, there were 14,381 victims of homicide, including 1,554 under the age of 18 and 532 under the age of 5 and 391 over the age of 70.

In the meantime, there have been 1,234 executions in the United States since 1976. In 34 years a total of 1,234. Compared to 34 years like 2007, there would be 578,000 homicides, including 52,836 victims under the age of 18 and 18,088 under the age of 5 and 13,294 over the age of 70.

What about the video? Why couldn't that be used? Why wasn't it? That does seem like a reasonable request.

Back when the Nation had the link, I sent a few emails to State Parole boards or Governors trying to stop executions, but elevating an admitted street hoodlum to sainthood seems excessive, as does attacking the USA as cruel for 1,234 executions compared to the cruelty of 500,000 homicides.

But I fully expect to be torn apart by lions for going against the flow here, to revive an old icon of mine :hide: