To whack, or not to whack

Saudi Arabia has decided to use firing squads in future executions for murderers, rapists and other miscreants.

The reason is simple. There are not enough swordsmen available to whack off the heads of criminals, which is how capital punishment has been done in the past. With too few swordsmen to travel from place to place, the remaining swordsmen have apparently been tardy in arriving to their next whack job. In addition to a death fetish, execution attendees apparently insist on punctuality in their executioners.

 

According to the BBC, whacking by sword is an art of sorts, and takes practice, if not lessons. This is not a job for everyone.

I don’t know if this is a skill that community colleges might teach, but creating more swordsmen might help tighten down the unemployment rates in the U.S., if Saudis would accept a Yankee whacker. I realize Americans would prefer performing on firing squads, but hefting a sword across a neck would probably have some broad appeal.

 

Just a thought.