Cheering the death penalty, ctd

The Times' 'Opinionator' blog is on the matter, rounding up opinion from around the internet on the 'execution applause' at Wednesday night's GOP debate. Personally, I find myself in agreement with Glenn Greenwald, who wrote:

[I]t’s hardly surprising for a country which long considered public hangings a form of entertainment and in which support for the death penalty is mandated orthodoxy for national politicians in both parties. Still, even for those who believe in the death penalty, it should be a very somber and sober affair for the state, with regimented premeditation, to end the life of a human being no matter the crimes committed. Wildly cheering the execution of human beings as though one’s favorite football team just scored a touchdown is primitive, twisted and base.

My sentiments exactly. Have a look at the others. My take here.