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August 21st, 2001
 | 03:31 am - blood forming in the shape of a cross
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/botched.html
if you're gonna do this shit, at least do it right. what ever happened to guillotines? seems like that's a pretty fast/efficient way to go about it. lay the person down, drop the blade, and you're done. how long can someone live sans head? just make sure the damn thing is sharp enough and you're all set.
state: disgusted
np: reveille - get me outta here
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![[User Picture]](https://l-userpic.livejournal.com/33629218/144158) | | From: |  feste |
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| Date: | August 21st, 2001 01:12 am (UTC) |
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Executioners with great big axes would be cool... Or guillotines, yes. The thing is the condemned seems to get multiple choice on how they die. And why isn't "ripped by tigers" one of the choices? Or say, gladiatorial games or something? Make a sport out of it to feed the Amuck public's bloodlust! That way, if they emerge victorious they can go free! A chance at redemption or bloody death!! =) No offense, Americans, I am just being silly. Even better! We make it a *live* broadcast! So people flick their TV on, and watch it *LIVE*. And then, we make sure we give those people a device with pushbuttons (no more than 2, otherwise they might press the wrong one). So, while the execution is happening, they can choose for 'More!' or 'Stop!'. Or we could do it on the Internet: InterActiVe ExeCution. With Pop-Under ads from Amazon!
Sorry. No offense meant here either, just plain disgusted too. Hrrr-brr.
Arthur
[...So You Want To Be On TV?...] Even better! We make it a *live* broadcast! So people flick their TV on, ...
Pay per view. Let's make a profit on the poor guy's misery.
(Disclaimer: If you don't know I'm kidding, then I don't want you to read my comments) Pay per view. Let's make a profit on the poor guy's misery.
Hmmm. Great idea! And then make it taxable too! I mean, nothing is for nothing, right? ;-)
(Disclaimer: If you don't know I'm kidding, then I don't want you to read my comments)
Are you kidding me?? ;-)
Arthur
[...Great minds make great ideas...] the poor guy's misery? ok, i may not be in favor of execution, but they're hardly some poor innocent soul. unless he was wrongly convicted, i don't feel terribly sorry for him
(disclaimer: i'm not sure exactly what your disclaimer covered, so if this is included, don't mind me) i've never understood mankind's need to pass an almost diving judgement on one another... i think it's an issue more of pride and revenge than of justice. while the punishment is understandable in some cases... in no way is it ever justifiable to take another's life. execution is justifiable if you consider punishment justifiable. as you said, in some cases it is understandable. sometimes that really is the only punishment an action deserves. the question is though, should the point be punishment in the 1st place? there are really only three uses to a justice system - deterrance, punishment, and rehabilitation. which one should be in use? ![[User Picture]](https://l-userpic.livejournal.com/53832789/98846) | | From: | bertho |
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| Date: | August 21st, 2001 07:54 am (UTC) |
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| | From: | bertho |
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| Date: | August 22nd, 2001 07:31 am (UTC) |
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No, I was the first visitor. :P
I even went back and it confirmed that. ;-) i certailny don't dispute that. i just wonder if we should be doing this in the 1st place | | From: | bertho |
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| Date: | August 23rd, 2001 08:12 am (UTC) |
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I don't think it's necessary for it to be used as much as it is, but in cases like Davis, I don't think it's done quickly enough. For a crime that brutal when there's no doubt in anyone's mind the man is guilty, they ought to fry the bastard as soon as the sentence is given, not wait 17 years spending tax money on a piece of shit who will never show the slightest remorse for what he's done. |
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