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heh, watching people die for either the purposes of entertainment or the purposes of passing on a message is anything but new.
During the roman empire, (and most probably before in other places, but i lack the knowledge to say anything about that), people have gathered around at colosseums, to watch other people die.
Similarly, people have been executed in various ways for law-breaking for a long time now. Usually the execution is public, to demonstrate the conseuqences of law-breaking. Also, it shows how effect the law is of the nation, to be able to catch a villian.
so... yeah.
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