Thank God that sow's gone to the butcher.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A remark celebrating the death of another person.
- In plain terms
- Expressing satisfaction at someone's death.
- What can you take from it?
- This quote reflects cruelty and dehumanization.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What motivates such statements?
- How do societies remember such words?
Another view
The speaker was a perpetrator, not a victim.
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