Although, should we?
Call me a prude if you want. Or you could drop by sarcastically, leaving a comment like "you're one to talk".
For being one of the few "developed" countries, or even just "developing" for some, Taiwan still has a death penalty. Granted, before this year, it hasn't been carried out for a long, long time, or maybe I just haven't noticed.
But this year, I think 3 cases were actually carried out. Our Justice Minister had to step down for refusing to sign the execution deeds (or whatever they are called), for she was against death penalty.
It sparked an outrage, people took to the streets. People held talks, family members fo the victims stood in front of the public and cried their heart out, demanding "justice".
The new Justice Minister (or whatever that position's called) swiftly signed three deeds. Or maybe it was 2, maybe it was 4.
So yeah, say "you're one to talk" if you'd like.
I don't know whether it's a happy thing, the death of Gaddafi. Or that of his son. He had said more than once he'd rather die a martyr than surrender, he'd rather fight to death than relinquish his power.
Today he got what he wanted.
And, whenever something like this happens, you kinda knew it would end this way, didn't you? You kinda knew that even though people were talking about "capture", in reality you knew they'd pull the trigger as soon as they had a chance.
So whenever something like this happens, I begin to wonder: is it really a good thing?
Because we seemed to have backpedalled a bit.
Whenever someone of this importance dies without due procedure, or anyone is deemed to die without due procedure, it seems like civilisation as a whole stepped backwards.
Like the "terrorists" wiped off by the US special ops. Or his sons.
Times like this, I wonder... we humans have gone all the way to where we are now, to the point where we agreed that killing is bad, and even necessary killing should be done as painless and cause the least fuss to the condemned as possible...
And yet we rejoice over a death. A death that occurred outside the realms of due procedure.
A death that was probably painful, frightened.
In times like this, I just keep on wondering.
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