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there is no appropriate method of execution.
the idea of public execution as some kind of ritual geared toward expelling a sin and rebuilding collective solidarity is barbaric.
there are a few things about the modern world that it's hard not to approve of: indoor plumbing, electricity and the rule of law are three of them. in the modern world, the state substitutes itself for the victim of a crime. that shortcircuits all this nonsense about revenge and such logic as there might be behind ritual murder as a curative.
and ritual sacrifice was never about prevention. it was reactive.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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