Post Facto

I know I'm about two months late on this, but I was just thinking...

So, a man gets hanged. His killers are a bloodthirsty mob, who, while doing the deed, shout out the name of the county's biggest terrorist. They called it justice, and after the hanging they went back to their day jobs --- exterminating people from the other clan.

The man gave them nothing - he died with stoic equanimity, muttering a single 'Go to Hell,' before his neck is snapped.

So who am I supposed to sympathize with: the snakes, or the man who locked them in their respective bags?