Wow, as if simply engaging in a feudal style power play to ensure no competition exists for control is not enough, now we get the story that Kim Jong Un had Jang Song Thaek and a few of his aides executed by feeding them to ravenous dogs.
"Forget the hangman’s noose, the firing squad or lethal injection: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed his uncle and a handful of the man’s aides by feeding them to a horde of 120 starving dogs, according to a shocking account."
“Then 120 hounds, starved for three days, were allowed to prey on them until they were completely eaten up. This is called ‘quan jue’, or execution by dogs,” according to the Straits Times of Singapore. The daily relied on a description of the execution in a Hong Kong newspaper that serves as the official mouthpiece of China’s government.
Well, for my own two cents, this form of execution harkens to days of yore when Romans threw Christians to the lions, etc. I would argue and believe myself safe in doing so, that this type of execution is cruel, unusual, and must represent a violation of any norm (if any norm does exist) of human rights. Way to go Kim Jong Un, you just made it into my top ten list of despicable government leaders (hey, I probably need to publish that list sometime soon).
"Forget the hangman’s noose, the firing squad or lethal injection: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed his uncle and a handful of the man’s aides by feeding them to a horde of 120 starving dogs, according to a shocking account."
“Then 120 hounds, starved for three days, were allowed to prey on them until they were completely eaten up. This is called ‘quan jue’, or execution by dogs,” according to the Straits Times of Singapore. The daily relied on a description of the execution in a Hong Kong newspaper that serves as the official mouthpiece of China’s government.
Well, for my own two cents, this form of execution harkens to days of yore when Romans threw Christians to the lions, etc. I would argue and believe myself safe in doing so, that this type of execution is cruel, unusual, and must represent a violation of any norm (if any norm does exist) of human rights. Way to go Kim Jong Un, you just made it into my top ten list of despicable government leaders (hey, I probably need to publish that list sometime soon).
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