Comments on: Map Symbols: Gibbets, Gallows, Execution http://makingmaps.net/2008/10/10/map-symbols-gibbets-gallows-execution/ Resources and Ideas for Making Maps Tue, 14 May 2013 08:22:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joshua Bloom http://makingmaps.net/2008/10/10/map-symbols-gibbets-gallows-execution/#comment-716 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:14:49 +0000 http://makingmaps.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-716 Ben,

Are you suggesting that we can be proud here in the USA that we are just slightly better than Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Yemen?

]]> By: Limagolf http://makingmaps.net/2008/10/10/map-symbols-gibbets-gallows-execution/#comment-708 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:42:20 +0000 http://makingmaps.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-708 The picture of “other curious structures” is a wheel.

When people were drawn and quartered, they were put on display on top of the wheel, for other people to learn their lesson…

/Limagolf

]]> By: Ben http://makingmaps.net/2008/10/10/map-symbols-gibbets-gallows-execution/#comment-649 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:06:20 +0000 http://makingmaps.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-649 Do you just hate America? “For last month (September ‘08), it looks like the US is in first place. Go USA!”

I can’t help but sense the sarcasm. Are you an elitist liberal that hates the fact that you are American?

There were 42 executions in 2007 – the lowest annual rate since 1994. How about skewing the bias in the right direction? You picked a single month that had the US as the highest while the extensive use of execution in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Yemen was not even mentioned.

It is unfortunate that you are an educator that will spread your liberal bias to young minds instead of teaching them independent thought.

I just can’t help but wonder why you just do not stick to geography and leave your opinions out of it. I love geography. I love reading about geography. If I want biased political information that isn’t fit for consumption, I will watch Fox and CNN.

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