…and generally being a dick.
China has executed Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of their state food and drug administration, for corruption and dereliction of duty.
This is too easy. Although I am, in principle, against the death penalty, I think it may be time for us to follow China’s lead.
I propose that:
(i) any politician suspected of either corruption or dereliction of duty be tried for those crimes;
(ii) upon conviction, the judge will in good faith consider execution as a viable punishment;
(iii) we start with our own Dick.
Wednesday, 11 July 2007 at 1:19 |
I really don’t know how I feel about this story. Like you said Max, on the one hand I don’t agree with the death penalty, and certainly not when the decision is in the hands of the state. However, I sure am glad to see more politicians taking a fall, in this case, a big fall.
It’s funny how this guy kills a few people and gets the death sentence while our administrative officials kill hundreds a week and nothing happens… this is one crazy world!