[MaineVoter2002]

where's the link... seems to be slightly touched on

[LauraleeBraswell]

Cruel: 1. Disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
2. Causing suffering; painful.

Cruel is an intent. If you look at colonial punishments, they were cruel in the true sense of the word. You had penalties for town gossips, having to wear cages around their heads holding their tongues, you had disembowlings, heavy stones put on chests