{"id":8280,"date":"2026-10-26T22:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=8280"},"modified":"2026-10-26T22:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:16:18","slug":"fascination-or-justification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=8280","title":{"rendered":"FASCINATION &#8211; or &#8211; JUSTIFICATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The execution of the mass murderer at Ft. Hood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The execution by firing squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guaranteed instant death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guaranteed no messed or botched execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Crime = Public Execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice for all to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deterrent to crime&#8212;punishment for all to see (whether they watch live or not).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valid&#8212;Biblical execution&#8212;by government:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Submit to all human authority, as those sent by God to punish those who do evil, and praise those who do right.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Missing part, missing ingredient, also Biblical&#8212;swift punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laborious delays in justice = injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trial\/Re-trial by jury of public opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trial\/Re-trial by jury of prolonged<br>news media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never-ending discussions of every un-imaginable question takes public focus and awareness away from justice for a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>REPEAT:<br>Missing part, the missing ingredient, also Biblical&#8212;swift punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The execution of the mass murderer at Ft. Hood. The execution by firing squad. The public execution. Guaranteed instant death. Guaranteed no messed or botched execution. Public Crime = Public Execution. Justice for all to see. Deterrent to crime&#8212;punishment for all to see (whether they watch live or not). Valid&#8212;Biblical execution&#8212;by government: &#8220;Submit to all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,7,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","category-faith_based","category-inspire_lifter","category-political-cultural","category-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8280"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8281,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8280\/revisions\/8281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}