She has another reason for her opposition: in a few weeks a hangman is due to slip a noose around her son's neck.

她反对死刑的另一个原因是，其子数周后将被绞死。

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Then the hangman said, 'Hast thee done thy prayers? Now, lass, put thy head into the noose. '

刽子手又说：“祷告做完了吗？姑娘，现在把头伸进套索里。”

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On a Web site called Meankids a user posted her photo alongside an image of a hangman's noose.

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They would be wiser, however, to set aside the hangman's noose, and think instead about how they can come to terms with those of their Kurdish compatriots still prepared to fight and die for the right to express their Kurdishness.

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