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47) death
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death penalty
Hang him up! To the next tree! Some
yelled and the stupid crowd followed.
Then, the priest came and stood
on the pile of wood where the suspect was tied to a stake. Everyone fell
silent and looked excitedly at the priest, who inquired about what was going
on instead of pulling out the Bible and warning them that it was written in the
holy script: "You shouldn't kill!" "He should throw the first
stone that has not committed any sins!" or "Do you want to be just
like common murderers?"
When the crowd noticed that the priest
had no objections, but only claimed the right to take the last confession
because he would later be paid for it by the congregation, they grew louder
again.
The judge arrived. They calmed
down again. Instead of telling the people what he should have known:
According to Hume, the state and the law are a contract between the different
members of a community, and these want to help with regulations and, where
necessary, improve the behaviour of the perpetrators through appropriate
punishment, but above all prevent irreversible damage, and death is final, he
too didn’t dare to say anything, since he was paid by the people who wanted
to lynch.
A third appeared. Supposedly the
smartest of them all whom they chose to represent them. He was a learned and
well-read person, had studied history. But did not dare to contradict the
angry rabble because he knew that the majority is always right at first and
does not want to be responsible for their misdeeds afterwards.
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Dienstag, 28. Juli 2020
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