“‘DIGNITY?’ … ‘Dignity!’, you cry? … you sorry fellow … even the man being hanged is allowed his dignity. If he chooses to soil himself on the gallows, that’s his own business. He obviously just doesn’t care to have any dignity. But you can’t say the executioner isn’t allowing him dignity. Quite the contrary! The executioner is a paid servant of the government. And when he hangs a man, he is devoting his time to – that is, he is serving – the man whom he is hanging. Do you understand? Don’t be such a sorry fellow. In such a case, the government is paying, out of its own pocket, to have a professionally trained man, who surely doesn’t like wasting his time, to go out of his own way, taking precious hours out of his own day, to string this man up on the gallows and watch him sway! …And if that hanged man doesn’t realize the dignity that’s wrapped around his neck, he’s a sorry fellow. When somebody is paying for another to receive a service – and a hanging is a service, mind you! – the one receiving the service is receiving respect and dignity any way you look at it … he is receiving respect and dignity courtesy of the government treasury. Don’t you think it costs money to hang a man? You think these gallows build themselves? You think these executioners are volunteering like Salvation Army workers? No, it costs a pretty penny to hang a man – especially these days, what with the new Executioners’ Union and all. But why have you gotten me off track? We’re not talking about a hanging here! No one’s getting hanged. We’re just talking about a mere deportation! You should feel lucky you’re not getting hanged. How would like to be hanged today? And you cry about a lack of dignity … why it’s not like you’re being deprived of your life. You are just being deprived of life in America!
..... “…And remember, you’re getting a service here. Our government … excuse me, my government, is paying me to pack you up in this little box and load you in with the rest of the cargo on this steamship so you can get back to Europe where you belong!
..... “…What? I can’t hear you! The wood is too thick! … No I’m not going to open the lid! I’ve already sealed you up. I’ve already hammered in the nails. You’re just going to have to yell louder if you want me to understand what you’re running your mouth off about in there! But you’d better hurry and say it, your boat is leaving. Just don’t cry to me anymore that you’re not being treated with dignity by the American government. That’s an accusation America doesn’t take lightly. Even our non-citizens, such as yourself, are treated with dignity in this country. Just wait till you get to Europe in a few days. See how those socialists treat you. Boy, you’ll be wishing you were American, I tell you! If they treated their citizens with dignity, we wouldn’t have this problem of people like you, trying to sneak over here to squat on the land of the free and freeload in the homes of the brave! … Now off with you!”

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