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By Jack Joseph Smith

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AI Interpretation

GPT

The crucifixion is refused as a repeated spectacle, and devotion becomes an enraged wish to stop the cycle by force.

Claude

The crucifixion is rejected as spectacle — the speaker's rage is not at the crucifiers but at the repetition, the idea that this sacrifice must be performed again and again rather than stopped once.