Usually, the worst die peacefully. In luxury.

[Archae]

Been thinking about some of the worst of the worst, like Idi Amin, and Josef Stalin.

They died peacefully, surrounded by doting family and in luxury.

Some of the worst died badly.
Qaddafi(sp?) was shot.
Hitler shot himself.

How does that apply to the worst here in this country?
George Bush? Dick Cheney? They'll die like Amin and Stalin.
Henry Ford did.
All of the "Gilded Age" robber barons did.
The Enron brass have or will.

Some Christians are willing to believe in "Hell," where the worst will be punished for eternity.
I say "Hell" is bullshit concocted by church rulers to scare the rabble into continuing to fund their lavish life-styles.

Maybe does China have the right idea, when it comes to corruption?
Put the corrupt on trial and then shoot 'em?

[KG]

1. nobody that matters considers bush or cheney to be corrupt.

[Incitatus]

7. or nobody that matters is willing to do or say anything about it. nt

[Warpy]

2. ..in full knowledge that it will need to be left behind and was all for nothing

That's the hell I think a lot of rich men will face on their deathbeds.

Personally, I felt great peace as everything, including pain, started to become irrelevant. I was annoyed when they shot me full of drugs and brought me back. Talk about harshing the ultimate mellow.

[silverweb]

3. Bottom line: They ALL still die.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The Great Equalizer.

[aikoaiko]

4. And the jury results are in...

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[Archae]

6. What we need to do is put the corrupt in jail.

And not those country-club jails either.

Same jails we throw pot spokers in.

Bernie Maddow would be first in line.

[reusrename]

9. The cops should Rodney King their asses.

For some reason I don't think I'd have a problem with it. At least we'd know they were on the right side.

[mucifer]

5. Many people who can't afford much have access to hospice care.

What I have noticed as a hospice nurse is that the poorer a dying person is, the more family around them in there final days.

The wealthier ones tend to have more paid caregivers and less family around.

I know this isn't always the case. It's just a trend that I have noticed in my years as a hospice nurse.

I once saw a billionaire die in a nursing home. Yes, it was a very nice nursing home. But, that clearly didn't have to happen.

[bhikkhu]

8. The belief in justice runs pretty deep

to the point of being an innate human characteristic. Most two year olds have a strong notion of fairness (however skewed), and the idea that there is no real karmic balance in this world is obnoxious to most people.

Seeing how badly justice plays out in this life, to sooth our irritated senses, we cling to narratives about rectification in the "afterlife", or in a next life, or in some magical way or other...

[Pretzel_Warrior]

10. for every 1 official executed in China, there are hundreds who go to their graves in luxury

and having, through corruption, sealed a higher station in life for their offspring.

[JI7]

12. and even the reason for the execution are probably not just

who knows in a closed system like that. but it's likely they were put to death for trying to speak out or make some other change.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

13. I've observed it is like the mafia in Chinese politics. If you want to rise very far, you've probabl

done some pretty shady things. Does that mean all of them deserve a death penalty? No, but they are all on the take so bad and doling out uneven justice that it's not hard to find "dirt" on an official when they need to. Take the guy over the food protection groups who was executed in the wake of the infant formula scandal. I am sure there were many people who should have been investigated, but if this guy wasn't on the inside of political power, it was an easy decision to make an example of him. Heck, he may very well have taken millions of dollars to have the agency look the other way while companies poisoned children for profit.

[JI7]

11. you know many who are putting "the corrupt" to death in China are probably more Corrupt

themselves ?

[Pretzel_Warrior]

14. exactly!