Personally, Arthur Miller’s article sounds a bit sarcastic on a possible solution to America’s views on creating an understanding
of what a criminal’s rights are once they have committed a crime so unimaginable that there can only be one solution for his or
her life: death. Public executions may just be crazy enough to work. An example that comes to mind is the movie “Starship
Troopers 3” in which government wishes to find anyway possible to make its citizens one hundred percent loyal to the country.
They condemn traitors on television to hanging and this fuels patriotism in those that do believe and hate within those who do not.
Believing
Public executions have been a form of entertainment in the past that many people have actually gone to watch. The Wild
West was known for attracting attention to a criminal’s death through hanging instead of an electric chair. Privatization would
fuel an increased feeling of patriotism in people that would result in a view that will ultimately create a more idealized society.
Executions would bring in profits that would truly be a way to a debt free America. People pay to watch violence. Look to all
the movies that have become Blockbusters. Americans have an idealized view that violence is the only solution to solve
problems. Take for example: gangs. All gangs have a sense of extreme brotherhood because of the brutality they have
committed to enter it. Americans may get the same brotherhood from watching executions.
Doubting
Unfortunately, those that watch the execution and like it are figuratively always the ones that show support for the
country. The other percentage will become more rash towards their feelings on government. Public executions would turn them
towards create problems. If enough problems persist, the government will have to make a change. In prisoner of war camps,
executions for crimes quite often result in more attempts to escape or injury to the camp guards. It increases the pang to be
free from any repression of physical rights. Even if the person is in the wrong, people still will view him or her as a martyr and
thus use him or her to increase the number of people trying to challenge the authority. Private executions may prove
advantageous for adults but children will become mentally scarred from the experience. They will develop a sense of shock and
awe towards murder. Government does it to show that crime should not go on, but in essence, it is doing what it wishes to stop.
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