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| Why Watch Him Die? WHY DO WE WANT TO SEE TIM MCVIEGH DIE? IS IT BECAUSE WE HATE WHAT HE DID SO MUCH THAT WE WANT TO SEE HIM SUFFER? NO, THAT�S NOT IT BECAUSE LETHAL INJECTION IS JUST PUTTING HIM TO SLEEP. IT�S THE SAME THING WE DO TO AN OLD OR SICK ANIMAL, AND WE CALL THAT MERCY. IS IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO PUNISH HIM FOR TAKING 168 LIVES? NO, BECAUSE HE SAID THAT HE WANTS TO DIE SO GIVING HIM WHAT HE WANTS DOESN�T SEEM LIKE PUNISHMENT TO ME. IS IT BECAUSE WE THINK IT WILL MAKE US FEEL BETTER? MAYBE WE THINK IT WILL MAKE THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS FEEL BETTER, BUT IT WON�T. IT WON�T BRING BACK THEIR LOVED ONES BUT IT WILL GIVE THIS MURDERER ANOTHER CHANCE TO HURT THESE FAMILIES AGAIN IN WORDS AND LACK OF REMORSE. WE HAVE ALL GIVEN THIS EVIL MAN WAY MORE THOUGHT AND ATTENTION THAN HE DESERVES. WOULDN�T A MORE FITTING PUNISHMENT BE TO LOCK HIM UP AND NEVER LET HIM SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN? NEVER LET HIM SPEAK TO HIS FAMILY, NEVER HEAR HIS NAME UTTERED AGAIN ON TELEVISION OR RADIO OR IN PRINT. HE IS A SELF-PROFESSED NEWS JUNKIE SO HE LOVES EVERY MINUTE OF ALL OF THIS. HE WANTS TO DIE AND HE WANTS TO DIE SOON. HE WANTS TO BURN OUT INSTEAD OF FADE AWAY. IF YOU ASK ME HE IS JUST TOO COWARDLY TO LIVE WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE, BUT NOBODY ASKED ME. SO WE ARE ALL GIVING HIM HIS WISH. AND IF WE BROADCAST HIS DEATH IT WILL BE THE FROSTING ON HIS CAKE. ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH ALL THIS ATTENTION IS THAT HE IS BEING LOOKED AT AS A MARTYR BY SOME. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO AGREE WITH WHAT HE DID AND SEE HIM AS A HERO. ADD TO THEM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FED UP WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND THINK THAT MAYBE IF HE HAD WAITED UNTIL THE BUILDING WAS EMPTY AND NO ONE DIED THEY WOULD SEE HIM AS A HERO TOO. I GUESS WE SEE KILLING HIM AS PAYBACK FOR WHAT HE DID. HE BOMBED THE BUILDING AS PAYBACK FOR WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DID IN WACO. THE GOVERNMENT BURNED THE KORESH COMPOUND AS PAYBACK FOR NON-COMPLIANCE TO LAW. WHAT WILL BE THE PAYBACK FOR THE GOVERNMENT KILLING HIM? AND IN TURN WHAT WILL BE THE PAYBACK FOR THAT? WHEN DOES IT END? WHEN IS EVERYBODY EVEN? DON�T WE ALL REMEMBER AS CHILDREN BEING TOLD THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS MEAN TO YOU DOESN�T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD BE MEAN BACK? IN MY HOUSE TWO WRONGS NEVER MADE A RIGHT. HE DIDN�T HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL THOSE PEOPLE AND WE DON�T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE HIS LIFE EITHER. AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED, I DON�T BELIEVE IN THE DEATH PENALTY, BUT WHETHER YOU THINK IT�S RIGHT OR WRONG TO KILL HIM, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO WATCH IT? I THINK THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THIS BROADCASTED SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS JUST THE NEXT THING ON THE LIST. IT STARTED WITH SEEING HINTS OF A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARRIED PEOPLE ON TELEVISION. THEN WE SAW SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN UNMARRIED PEOPLE. ON TO VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MARRIED AND UNMARRIED PEOPLE THEN TO VIOLENCE TOWARD CHILDREN. NEXT WE WENT TO RANDOM AND RACIAL VIOLENCE AND WE WERE ALL GLUED TO THE SET. WHAT WAS NEXT? OH GOODY, GOODY, THE GULF WAR. JUST ASK CNN IF PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE THAT. WE ALSO STARTED PEPPERING TELEVISION WITH INTERVIEWS OF VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND THEN WE WANTED TO WATCH THEIR TRIALS SO WE COULD GET ALL THE GORY DETAILS. NOBODY WATCHED THE O.J. TRIAL RIGHT?!?!?! NOW WE HAVE TELEVISION SHOWS AND VIDEO GAME THAT ARE HORRIBLY GRUESOME AND VIOLENT. NOW WE HAVE IT ALL--SEX, DRUGS, RAPE, INCEST AND TOTAL DISRESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE AND WELL BEING OF OTHERS. WHY ARE WE SURPRISED WHEN OUR CHILDREN RESPOND TO TEASING AT SCHOOL NOT WITH A SCHOOLYARD SHOUTING MATCH OR FISTFIGHT, BUT WITH A SCHOOL MASSACRE? HECK, WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING THEM THE TRAINING TAPES THEIR WHOLE LIVES AND IN A LOT OF HOMES THE WEAPON IS BUILT RIGHT IN, IN THE FORM OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. I GUESS I JUST ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION. PEOPLE WANT TO SEE HIM DIE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A REAL EXECUTION BEFORE. AFTER THAT HURDLE IS JUMPED WHAT WILL BE NEXT? BROADCASTING A LOTTERY FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO FLIP THE SWITCH FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY WITH THE EXECUTION AND A FIRST PERSON INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER WHO GOT TO DO THE DEED? NO THANKS! IF WE MUST HAVE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IT SOULD NOT BE A NEWSWORTHY EVENT. |