Only in the English countryside could violent death remain something that is 'cosy.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.
Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it.
Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much alike.
Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times.
Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.
Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject.
In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal.
Punitive murder by the police and by vigilantes has existed in all societies at some point, and probably still exists in most.
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