In Iggy's Words: Lust for Life

They are only his words, but I don't think he would necessarily agree with the way organisations (and associated people) like Amnesty International go about practicing those words. You have a life, live it with gusto. But what is with this fucking god complex that pushes to save every fucking human soul on this planet? Isn't the species carcinogenic enough for the planet already?

Amnesty International does "not believe that governments should be in the business of executing citizens." How about non-citizens then? And should we then leave the citizens to the mob? People who preach such abject non-fatal violence (after all, imprisonment is also arguably a form a violence, according to certain schools of thought) tend to make the same mistake that had predestined the fall of Marxism: the fallacious belief in the inherent goodness of our miserable species.

It doesn't need spelling out but I might as well. I support capital punishment. And I have what I consider good reasons. For one, we are too fucking many humans on this planet for anyone sensible to want to save every last one (while also always working on and celebrating the extension of human life span) who is already here, since more and more always keep arriving. For two, since it is the fear of death that tends to drive this quest for extending life, the same fear of death should act as a pretty good deterrent for aspiring criminals.

Maim, dismember and then hang/shoot/electrocute/poison/hack/burn, basically in any way kill a few rapists, child molesters, acid throwers and other such scum, and others who may have considered indulging will think at least a few times, if not abandon their plans altogether. Or maybe they will just take it to the world of bedroom fantasy, which many of us do any way. But no, Amnesty says people shouldn't be killed, "regardless of the circumstances".

I have tremendous regard for the principle of hanged, drawn and quartered, though I never could understand why the phrase isn't drawn, hanged and quartered. Logically, it makes no difference to a dead person to be drawn about, and the public spectacle is far greater when the person drawn is still alive and shrieking bloody murder. Hang the bloody bastard after she/he has been dragged through the town, which as a consequence will most likely be scared rather shitless.

Have good reason though, of course. :) For instance, a human being should deserve any "universal human right", such as the right to life, if and only if she/he can accord it to others too.

Some News, Some Thoughts

Colonialism-proper ended a while ago, even though it still goes on in many forms, some more overt and others less so. But this bit of news is like a validation of it almost. Maybe the Spaniards are thinking the $500 million will help them to stave off a bit longer the economic crisis the country is currently facing.

http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1126752-peruvians-feel-robbed-spain-treasure.html

In striking contrast is this other piece of news. Of course, I do sincerely wish the world, and especially Germany, would move on from harping on and on about this same event in human history.

http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/1136200-nazi-seized-art-ordered-returned-to-american-man.html

And of course, most are perhaps already aware of the latest civilian shooting spree by an American soldier in Afghan villages. This story raises to me again the question of why alcohol is legal while so many other intoxicants are not. But it was the last two paragraphs in this story that really caught my attention. I am not sure why they are there, you see. Not once does it indicate that he did what he did under any influence other than his notion of Iraqi civilians not quite being humans.

http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1136730-afghan-killings-case-questions-alcohol.html