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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1975
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Brussels Post
Hanging is murder, too.
It would be a naive politician who , today, can
approach the issue of the abolition of capital
punishment without some trepidation. But, sooner or
later it must be faced and our leaders must give us ;
some guidance.
Police chiefs, law enforcement associations,
municipal politicians and private, citizens are
demanding the return of the noose or some other
form of execution for murder. Whether it be for the
murder of policemen and prison guards,
premeditated murder, murder by insane persons or
simple crimes of passion, there seems to be a vocal
and substantial section of society that believes
capital punishment is the only suitable way of
dealing with murder.
The reams of statistics, the endless studies by
competent authorities and the clear pronouncements
by many church leaders that hanging is no deterrent
for murderers and merely brutalizes society seems to
have little effect on people who are engulfed in
revulsion when they hear of a particularly senseless
or brutal crime inflicted on some innocent child.
All society is afflicted with horror at such crimes.
The perpetrators must be dealt with but to eradicate!
them is simply an act of social revenge. Our laws
could be toughened up sufficiently to ensure that no
convicted murderer would be realeased until it is
certain he will not repeat the act.
But death, by whatever means and let us be clear,
there is no "humane" way of execution, is morally
indefensible. Forgiveness, compassion, rehabilk
tation are part of the moral fibre of our society at its
best, and these instincts must not be blunted in the
first waves of emotion.
Those who suggest that capital punishment is a
deterrent must be prepared to return to public
executions and put them in prime family hour TV
viewing. That would no doubt be the fastest way to,
ensure this barbaric method of punishment is forever
eliminated.
The irrevocable act of hanging on the part of
society -- all of us — precludes any chance to study
and remedy the causes of these crimes. It strikes at
the very sanctity of human life that our Judeao-
Christian heritage so cherishes.
Surely we can find more humane, effective and
just ways of seeing that threatslo our life and liberty
are deall with, than by hanging people.
(Contributed)
TENTED CIT
Jim Armstron
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by Karl Schuessler
Pepper, I hope you're proud of me. You
should be. I've done a lot of things for you in
my day, but this takes the catnip.
I gave a half hour speech about you. Did you
hear that Pepper? A whole half h our speech
about you. Now how many men would go off
and do a thing like that? For a cat? For, a lady
cat?
. Well, I did,Pepper. The least you can say is
thank you.
"You're welcome."
I'd lilce to say "don't mention it," but there
are a few things I would like to mention.
I spent one day thinking about what I'd say
about you -- and another day putting it down
on paper -- and another day trying to
remember the whole thing. I'm not a
reading-from-my-notes talker. I have to keep
everything in my head.
"Are you sure you're not nervous?" asked
the chairwoman as she sat across from me at
one of the long tables in the church's hall.
Me? Nervous? What a•silly question. I make
my living talking. Standing up in front of
people: Why, I even teach speaking
techniques. Whatever gave her the idea I was
nervous? Just because I got up after the
dinner's main course and went outside for '10
minutes. There's nothing nervous about
that.
I knew I had tirne.There was dessert yet to
go. Then coffee. I took another look at my
outline to make sure I had everything in order,
When I came back, they were just
beginning to put on the dessert. I sat down.
'I don't think I'll have dessert today."
You are nervous", she said.
"No. No. I usually don't have dessesrt
anywhere. And espetially today, it's better to
talk on a not-So-full stomach."
I took off my coat. "Is it warm in here? Or is
it me?"
"I think it's " comfortable," she said. Of
course with 125 women in one room it's bound
to get a little . .
'Welt, maybe we should open a few
Windows, I offered. And some kind lady
obliged by opening • ,
You see, Pepper, wanted a door. everything to go
along okay. Real okay. Through the Whole
meat I was going through the cheek list Of
things I teach in my speech class. Things every speaker should be concerned abOut.
Proper light, Good ventilation. Minimum Of
distractions.
Come on time -- desire that. I came 15
minutes early.. Set up tnidtophenea. Checked
ciut With the ehairWOrnan where I'd Stand oti
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what side of the room.
I had to' make sure everyone could see. Eye
contact's very important, Pepper. I wanted to
make sure the women didn't twist their heads
off trying to listen to me.
I pre-arranged how I'd say "now" and
everyone would turn her chair around from
the table. All at one ti -- so we'd get over
that scraping-chairs-on-The-cement-floor
sounds in one big screech.
"You Worry too much,." the chairwoman
told me, "Everything's going to be fine."
I thought I'd better change the subject. Get
her mind off me and my worries.
"That name of yours -- Strathdee -- those
8. two ee's on the end -- is that Scottish or
German?"
"Th ose what?" she said.
"Those two e's in your last name."
Then my wife tapped me on the sleeve.
"You're not talking to Mrs. Strathdee. She's
Mrs. Butson."
I'd done it again. My foolproof way of
remembering names had failed again. I have
my devices, pepper, for recalling names. But
now I have a new one; Let your wife tell you,
"Really," said Mrs. Butson -- not Mrs.
Strathdee--" you don't have to be upset;
You're only talking to,a group of women.'
But she didn't realize. It wasn't the women
who were getting to me. It was you,'PePPer.
was going to talk about .you. I've never done
that before,
The program chairman told me they didn't
want to hear a sermon. They didn't even want
an inspirational talk.They wanted something
humorous. And a whole humor speech was
never my line , Pepper. •
And tar er-n(10re eeifee, two piano duetS and
two guita 'solos, I stood up. could almost feel
a sigh of relief come over Mrs. Butsoir ,
I canethrough for you, Pepper. Call it Puff
Pepper Day.
And if that wasn't enough, I told the women
all about yoUr two kittens. You can say thank
you now,. Pepper,- cause I tiled. I really tried to
get those two k Webs oft your hands:
You're welcome. DoWt mention it•
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