un: tigerpoet

[tigerpoet]

I think by an Earth calendar, today would be Father's Day.

To the other parents who are here... do you miss your children? Even if you wouldn't want them here.

I miss mine.

Comments

[greenbriar]

And why is that?

[tigerpoet]

Holidays are usually more celebratory. I suppose, if you really didn't like the person being executed...

[greenbriar]

[ He does not say anything for a few moments. When he does speak, finally, it is with a more serious tone. ]

Perhaps your home is less cavalier with bloodshed than mine.

[tigerpoet]

It sounds that way. Executions aren't public things anymore, for starters.

[greenbriar]

[ Unseen, at the other end of the line, his eyebrows raise. ]

Then what is the point?

[tigerpoet]

Punishment for people who commit the worst crimes...? Some countries don't have executions at all anymore.

[greenbriar]

Murder is hardly the best way to punish. Only a dullard would choose it.

[tigerpoet]

It does serve the purpose of making sure they can't do that anymore.