
Originally Posted by
Ixion
Not advocating anything here , or taking any position .
But--- when i was a wee lad, one night my father took me (and Mum) in the car and parked outside Mt Eden gaol. Just at twilight. Sat silently for a while. So I said " Dad, whats up" or some such.
He said , "See the gaol ?" . "Uh yeah" (Could hardly not see it , fearsome looking building to a young kid). "Well, tomorrow morning , before you're up , they're going to hang a man in there". Silence " Uh, why, what'd he do". "Killed another man. That's murder. So he'll hang". Lonnnnnng silence. Drive home (pretty silent). Next morning , got up "Uh Mum, you know that guy , the one last night, in the gaol, uh did they uh , um ". "Yes, he was hanged this morning. That's what happens when you kill someone".
Loonnnnnnnnnnnnnng silence.
Never fogotten that .
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