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The only problem being a guillotine operator in such times is the distinct chance of being bumped out of position by a still more eager operator, and into the waiting line for its services.

True. One of my great uncles was assistant warden for West Penn prison here in Pittsburgh and there were times he had to take death row inmates to Rockview for execution and to help supervise the task. I tend to be conservative/libertarian and the libertarian side of me asks if the State has the right to take life for retribution, I tend not to be for the death penalty unless it is for active high treason.

Myself, I would have something like a truth commission and for the most part, if there was treason committed, most likely, I would generally give them life in prison somewhere in the desert or in the Aleutians. I don't think we should be eager to dish out this form of punishment but I can understand the anger behind it.

What does concern me is that we have two basic, diametrically opposed viewpoints in this country and it seems like there is no form of reconciliation that will work. At some point, we will break away from each other and go our separate ways out of necessity or we will end up having to rumble. It is like two group of schoolkids in the playground, first the shouting begins, then the shoving and finally a full blown fight. I'd say right now, we are in the late shouting stage and with the recent activity of the Black Panthers we have seen, we might start seeing a little bit of shoving.