A Short History of the Executioner

http://theappendix.net/blog/2014/6/a-short-history-of-the-executioner

by benbreen • 12 years ago

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rdtsc2• 12 years ago

And here is the modern version:

http://defense-update.com/products/u/UCS.htm

With nice rugged panels and controls. Comfy chairs. Some places require wearing a full flight suit. To make the job more official, of course.

Exacting King's (i.e. Obama's) merciful justice in all corners of the earth by day, leaving from Langley, VA to pick up kids from soccer in the evening.

roghummal• 12 years ago

The way we use missiles and bombs aren't 'execution'. Maybe we kill the person we're trying to kill, maybe we don't kill anyone, and maybe we kill someone we didn't want to kill. We try to control the odds but there are no guarantees. Intel turns to orders turns to BOOMs.

The men blowing things up by remote control aren't executioners. They lack something the executioner has; They don't see the people they kill.

Your comment doesn't belong here. This article is about executioners. The men sitting in those comfy chairs aren't executioners.

rdtsc2• 12 years ago

Intel turns to orders turns to BOOMs.

Ok. Mock trial turns to conviction turns to execution. What is the qualitative difference?

We try to control the odds?

Failed to see how we fundamentally control the odds better than some king's court.

The men blowing things up by remote control aren't executioners. They lack something the executioner has; They don't see the people they kill.

Well maybe they should see the people they kill.

Your comment doesn't belong here. This article is about executioners. The men sitting in those comfy chairs aren't executioners.

So far none of your descriptions failed to differentiate them from executioners. What they are then if not executioners?

Mithaldu• 12 years ago

They don't see the people they kill.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

frenchman_in_ny• 12 years ago

This seems fairly insensitive given recent news.

dneronique• 12 years ago

Included in the basses oeuvres was a management role over other social pariahs, from whom the executioner could levy a tax, suggesting that he was a sort of sovereign of the underworld.

I am so ready for this video game.

A Short History of the Executioner

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