Friday, May 01, 2009

Capitalis

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An eyewitness account of a beheading in Saudi Arabia. (Link to The Walrus; found on Kottke.)

2 comments:

J. Alfred Prufrock said...

Ask not for whom the bell tolls etc.

But - are we horrified by the method? By the frequency? Or by legalised execution?

J.A.P.

km said...

JAP: I am not sure either. Maybe the public spectacle aspect? But even that's not exactly new. So who knows?