Teribus says: What tyranny? Had the men executed in 1916 done anything like that in the USA, while the USA was at war their feet would not have touched the ground on the way to death row and the execution chamber - the US has executed a man (Brown) for organising armed resistance to slavery and one man (Mumford) for simply tearing down the union flag during the civil war.

Teribus, I have no doubt that the US has been one of the most tyrannical nations in the world, especially in its political use of capital punishment. Don't think that my being an American, implies that I have any support for capital punishment, armed civilians, or for the intolerance that is endemic in our society. And there is no doubt that the U.S. has a long and sordid history of imperialism that rivals that of the U.K.

And the fact that the US has long claimed a right to capital punishment, does not justify England doing the same. Both are wrong.

-Joe-