Nora Roberts Quotes
The man was useless as tits on a bull, but he didn't deserve to die like that.
Robb, J.D. Origin in Death. New York: Berkley Books, 2005, p. 55.
In 1812 England was in a major depression and workers were breaking their weaving frames in protest. Parliament was debating a bill that would provide the death penalty for such activity. 6th Baron Byron
Marat was one of the leaders of the French Revolution who advocated the execution of so many people that became known as the “Reign of Terror.” His name is associated with massive bloody violence by the existing government. Morris observed that the English system executed far more people over the years, but was not looked upon as so heinous.
Barjawan was a eunuch slave. Islamic rulers typically used slaves as major governmental appointees. That way they had the unilateral power of life and death over the official which under Islamic law they did not have with a free appointee. Since fellow Muslims could not be held as slaves, most governmental officials were Christians, Jews or other non-believers. The result was that Muslims never developed a culture of administration, management and bureaucracy until very recently.
The terror to which he referred was to the French Revolution’s executing former aristocrats and then including anyone suspected of monarchist sympathies. This quotation shows how fanatics can rationalize evil as justice.
Recalling what the Oklahoma state medical examiner told him about electrocutions.
In 2008 Pakistani Islamic terrorists, with the support of the Pakistani military, attacked Mumbai, India killing innocent civilians. Shoune was one of the Indian politicians who called for retaliation. The Indian government, however, restrained its forces and did not increase the cycle of violence.
Ironically, Cromwell himself had eloquently observed that “necessity” is the avowed justification of post politicians to justify their breaking the law or doing something that is immoral and wrong. See {632372}. Also see {57408}, {599566}. But the most eloquent statement was given by Prime Minister William Pitt: {585477}
In modern America, we have improved somewhat. Now both kinds of issues take many years.
Nora Roberts is an American author of more than 225 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in Death series and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications in the U.K. as Sarah Hardesty.
