Tha' Death Penalty!
We mustn't abolish the death penalty
because...
...that would annoy the cuckolds; for it is evident
that if Society were to forbid itself from killing, it couldn't tolerate
it in the houses of sham marriages
...that would be a penalty on the honorable young
men who "assist" Monsieur [Anatole] Deibler [executioner 1899-1939] in his
delicate duties...if you deprive these young men of their daily bread,
they may fall to vice and--who knows?--crime!
We guillotine because...
...it does a gangster's heart good to see his
faithful "buddies" applauding his bravura and poise under the
knife (bravo, Lebiez!)
...because the Prosecutors's robes, from time to
time need to freshen the red in their robes
...the good [winebar owners?] around the places of
execution rented their back rooms for the night. Those private
rooms, from which one could see the knife, fetched a golden price. Those
were the days!
...Society deserves to be revenged...
through the death of an idiot, a lunatic or a fool
...there's only one way to see if a
criminal is responsible or not, and that method is...the autopsy!
Coda
Another slice?
Non!
...that would annoy the cuckolds; for it is evident
that if Society were to forbid itself from killing, it couldn't tolerate
it in the houses of sham marriages
...that would be a penalty on the honorable young
men who "assist" Monsieur [Anatole] Deibler [executioner 1899-1939] in his
delicate duties...if you deprive these young men of their daily bread,
they may fall to vice and--who knows?--crime!
...it does a gangster's heart good to see his
faithful "buddies" applauding his bravura and poise under the
knife (bravo, Lebiez!)
...because the Prosecutors's robes, from time to
time need to freshen the red in their robes
...the good [winebar owners?] around the places of
execution rented their back rooms for the night. Those private
rooms, from which one could see the knife, fetched a golden price. Those
were the days!
...Society deserves to be revenged...
through the death of an idiot, a lunatic or a fool
...there's only one way to see if a
criminal is responsible or not, and that method is...the autopsy!
Coda