at the stake for criticizing the king after a trial that lasted 10 minutes, and indeed, that that would have been repeated over and over again. Today, we look at capital punishment as evidence of how low our behavior can sink, rather than how high our standards have risen.
在经过10分钟的审判后 被处以火刑--的确，那种情形可能会 重复发生。今天，我们把极刑看成 我们行为沦落程度的证据 而不是我们的标准上升到多高的程度。