“You know, we don’t live in a democracy because a democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what’s for dinner. OK? It’s not just majority rule. It’s a constitutional republic. The founders set that up because they followed the biblical admonition of what a civil society is supposed to look like. What’s happened, Alex, …
Face to the wall or back?
Would you like a cigarette?
Any last words?
The blindfold and cigarette are not for the benefit of the executed, they are for the executioner; and are therefore not optional.