QUOTE: The argument that capital
punishment degrades the state is moonshine, for if that were true then it would
degrade the state to send men to war... The state, in truth, is degraded in its
very nature: a few butcheries cannot do it any further damage.
AUTHOR: Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29,
1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic
critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English.
Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the
most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the
20th century. Mencken is known for writing The American Language, a
multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States,
and for his satirical reporting on the Scopes trial, which he named the
"Monkey" trial. In addition to his literary accomplishments, Mencken
was known for his controversial ideas. A critic of World War II and democracy,
Mencken wrote a huge number of articles about current events, books, music,
prominent politicians, pseudo-intellectuals, temperance and uplifters. He
notably attacked ignorance, intolerance, frauds, fundamentalist Christianity,
osteopathy and chiropractic.
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