Moot
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I dont know if you believe in mass mental illness, as in societal mental illness, but this seemed to be a case of it. We did not want the noise and the knowledge of bullets tearing into flesh to end a life...that we did that.... and remember too that this was before America became so sadistic....someone came up with a plan to avoid that, and we said yes immediately, "and please dont make us think about this for even two minutes more".
Whether it was a good idea?
No one cared.
Executions used to be held in public. People used to bring picnic baskets and make a day of it. So maybe the public enjoyed executions too much and thats why they made it private with just a few witnesses.
Meh, I think there's always been a sadistic under current in America. Maybe thats true everywhere, I dunno...but I definitely think it's true here in America.