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Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 9:42 pm
by Greybeard
Good to see someone else recognizing this.
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Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 9:47 pm
by jmra
They could always bring back the chair, or public hangings.
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 9:49 pm
by budroux2w
jmra wrote:They could always bring back the chair, or public hangings.
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:02 pm
by mamabearCali
Firing squad would do as well. Quick, cheap, foolproof.
Edited to add.
I really don't get why this is so hard. Give the condemned a lethal overdose of anesthetic and call it a day. Druggies manage to kill themselves all the time, do what they do.
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:09 pm
by jmra
This seemed pretty reliable
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:11 pm
by Dave2
jmra wrote:This seemed pretty reliable
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Only if it was maintained properly. Apparently if the wood warped a bit or if the blade wasn't sharpened pretty regularly, it could take a few tries.
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:13 pm
by jmra
Dave2 wrote:jmra wrote:This seemed pretty reliable
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Only if it was maintained properly. Apparently if the wood warped a bit or if the blade wasn't sharpened pretty regularly, it could take a few tries.
Wouldn't need to use wood anymore. Sharpen before each use?
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:15 pm
by budroux2w
Its on Fox News right now. They claim it was a new drug and he had a ruptured vein.
After what he did to the victim, I'm not remorseful of his slight suffering.
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:16 pm
by jmra
If only we had more active volcanos.
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:32 pm
by mamabearCali
Madame guillotine was pretty bloody. Our society is squeamish.
I like the volcano idea.
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 6:25 am
by suthdj
Gas chamber.
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 7:27 am
by Box
rope + tree, or winch cable + tree
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 8:12 am
by Selina Kyle
jmra wrote:This seemed pretty reliable
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Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 8:21 am
by jimlongley
My wife's first comment, and she not usually very "bloodthirsty" was that they should have let the punishment fit the crime and shot him with a shotgun before burying him alive.
Re: Minimal suffering compared to his victim
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 8:30 am
by RoyGBiv
mamabearCali wrote:I really don't get why this is so hard. Give the condemned a lethal overdose of anesthetic and call it a day. Druggies manage to kill themselves all the time, do what they do.
Again we agree.
Maybe the libs would approve of a heroin overdose execution?
And for the benefit of the extreme right we can call it "riding the lightning".
IMO, we need to fix the problem with the way we're doing it.
If we need some chemicals that the Europeans refuse to sell us, authorize and indemnify an American company to produce them.
IMO, I'd rather be stood up and shot than laid down an poisoned. YMMV.
I have zero sympathy for the condemned.
My only concern is that it really should be done better. We look like idiots. And that further diminishes the dissuasion factor.