《凌迟》略谈

《凌迟》 : This is a new noun I have just learnt. This is a name given to a specific death sentence. I find all means of death sentences repulsive, but 《凌迟》 took the extreme end! I have an involuntary habit of visualizing the things I read, maps included. Not surprisingly, my memories (if there are) are pretty pictorial in nature. Hence, reading those materials related to 《凌迟》 is erm … Maybe that explains my lack of appetite today. Haiz..

The idea behind 《凌迟》 is.. erm.. wonder if you are prepared for it? Anyway, the idea behind it is to cause death, slowly but surely. It involves cutting-out (not just cutting, but cutting-out), slicing-away (not just slice, but slicing-away) body parts and eventually dismembering the person being sentenced to such. Naturally, it must start with parts that are non-fatal, but still draw blood. Some articles documented a minimum number of cuts/slices must be administered before that person draw his last breathe. That minimum number could be 1000. In any situation whereby that person was dead before the 1000th cut, the people performing the cutting/slicing would be punished with the same death sentence!

True, there are/were indeed very horrible people that have/had caused death or severe suffering to many fellow human beings. But to administer such torture-to-death sentence to a fellow human being is just beyond my imagination. Mm..

Alright, accounts of torture-to-death has been around since very long long time ago. Sometimes, it makes many people question the saying 《人之初 性本善》.

Mm..
我还是相信《人之初 性本善》的说法。
可是，为何人间却还有如此多的坏人呢？
哈…

当然，重点是在其中《初》的定意。
《初》不一定是指我们刚出生的那一刻。
去体会一下为何佛经时常有一种说法：“打从无始劫以来 …”
加上圣经也在谈“原罪”。
是“原罪”之前的那一种《初》。

我也不敢在此高谈阔论啦。
有机会再谈吧。
我就试着去吃一点东西。