No. To me the idea that words or taunts can enrage somebody to kill and act out of anger, and our judicial system says that's okay, is barbaric. |
Hence the virginal Elizabeth, who was chaste and civilised where her queenly predecessor was promiscuous and barbaric. |
Some kids emerged as the true heirs of Whitman, barbaric yawpers singing their own songs of themselves. |
Now if it is barbaric to flog in school where it really should start, how can licks be of any help to a hard-back criminal? |
I also hope now more than I ever did during my life that people wake up to what a barbaric punishment this is. |
The sati is the epitome of the obedient wife, but her burning is irredeemably barbaric. |