Capital punishment has not simply taken its toll upon lives, though also society. Throughout history, the general purpose of execution was a last resort to criminal punishment or to see fit the severity of the crime. Though due to the fashions of society, racism crept its ways into this form of punishment and transformed it into a form of family entertainment. In past years, human death has become widely accepted and has sprung it roots into the couches of America along with other forms of wholesome programming such as pornography, sadomasochism, and narcotics.
Nationalism and racial superiority have existed since the diversion of races. However, never did it truly become horrific until the creation of slavery and indentured servitude. This was especially evident in the Old World Powers. Nations such as Great Britain, France, and Spain brought new meaning to the phrase “physical abuse. ” Spain and France, countries tied directly to the Roman Catholic Church spread the profound word of Christ along with the purification of numerous heathens. Their mission was simply to expand their territory while infecting the globe with the words of a pathogenic messiah.
If in the process it was necessary to “swat a few flies” then so be it in the name of Christ. Nevertheless, their unforgettable actions can never compare to the atrocities of America. In the tradition of the great mother country, America continued its importation of Africans. Eventually America underwent a massive battle due to its traditions, which led to the deaths of many soldiers both innocent and tainted. As the dust of the Civil War settled, African-American gained equality gradually, though never the respect and acceptance of Anglo-Saxons.
They were still viewed as inferior animals, less than the common housefly. As if racism were not bad, enough the implication of it upon capital punishment was truly genius. Since American, could not kill African-Americans without serving some form of punishment, they decided to integrate it with the legal system. Now Anglo-Saxons could taste that “Negro-blood” without the usual mess. This implication had existed for some time though it did not reach its sexual climax until the invention of legal equilibrium.
The integration of racism and law has existed for some time and are evident. Between 1882 and 1968 alone, over three-quarters of executions were that of African Americans. More than ninety percent of the executions took place in the South. Coincidentally, during those executions along with the executions to date, the majority of those juries were comprised entirely of Anglo-Saxon Americans. The same applied to the prosecutor and judge of those hearings. What makes this fact even more interesting is that crimes against Anglo-Saxons always ended in a severe from of punishment.
As these statistics continued to stagger, the district attorney of Georgia argued that despite the intimidating facts that there was no substantial evidence of racial discrimination. Death’s effect upon racism was detrimental to African-Americans, though its transformation of American society would ultimately lead to the sadistic lust of massacre. Since the implication of death and racism, family entertainment has taken some part. Mobs of white men as well as curious children and women have enjoyed the event for years; it has become “folk pornography.
Though in an age, in which information is transferred at the click of a mouse, death has become a household idiom. With trilogies such as The Faces of Death and films that portray psychotic and bloodthirsty perverts, America has become a spawning ground for death and murder. Morality has made its feudal attempts to block this wholesome entertainment, though as with pornography it failed. American purchase films of actual life death in record numbers, and to even further the gore they allow their children to view such content. Adolescents are no stranger to this content as they witness it on their corner streets or their television sets.
Death is no longer a word of taboo, though rather a word that is accepted and viewed with an entertainment factor. What is even more terrifying is that it gives reason for psychologically distraught individuals to massacre others, such as that at Columbine High School. Capital Punishment’s effect upon society is astronomical, and will continue to consume society and history. It has and will continue to mold our society into a world that tolerates such vulgarity and views it with a cold-hearted laugh. It is no longer a stranger in our homes, but instead a neighbor that everyone welcomes with loving arms.
