No one specific. Just the concept of the public spectacle.

  • @LesserAbe
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    97 months ago

    As others have said, seems like it would have a counterproductive effect.

    Punishment or inflicting pain tends to engender sympathy for the one being hurt.

    That said, sometimes political assassinations have been effective based on the criteria of the assassin. I’m reminded of the guy in Japan who shot Shinzo Abe.

    • Flax
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      17 months ago

      Unibomber is a weird case of terrorism which got sympathy