September 1776: American patriot, Nathan Hale, was hung for spying against the British. His famous last words were these: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
October 2025: Modern Day Leftists on display at the No Kings protests. Never once in their sad, pathetic lives have any of them ever thought about what they could do for their country. Their severe narcissism would never permit it.
By the political “standards” of today, JFK would be considered to be on the far and even ultra right.
“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
He was hanged. Permit me to observe, he wasn’t hung by my standards.
How can you tell?
This is the kind of thoughtful commentary that I read the comment section for.
“Hanged” is correct usage, just as one would say “I’ll be danged” not “I’ll be dung”.
“You looked at my balls! By my mother’s blood I will keell you!”
(A scene from a now defunct website “the romp”.)
“Depend upon it sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” Samuel Johnson