Does The Method Make Executions More Palatable? (Trees And Things)

thefadd: Re: Let's Kick It Old School.

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:29:49 EST

They say once a dog tastes blood, its taste for it becomes insatiable.

Lou: Connor has the right idea

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 15:56:09 EST

I mean...if we're going to be honest and just about the whole thing...

In the face of every criminal strapped firmly to a chair...
We must stare...
We must stare...
We must stare...

Lou: Re: Does The Method Make Executions More Palatable

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 22:02:34 EST

Yeah, but would you ignore it if you knew the penalty for ignoring was...

...The Death Penalty???

zyxwvutsr: Re: Does The Method Make Executions More Palatable

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:53:58 EST

What if we made execution like jury duty?

What, you mean you'd get a notice in the mail and ignore it?

Lou: Re: Does The Method Make Executions More Palatable

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:41:01 EST

Some of the comments got me thinking. What if we made execution like jury duty? When you turn comes up, you're the one who gets to pull the trigger or press the button. Knowing that you might one day have to be the one to kill in the name

skeeter1: Re: Does The Method Make Executions More Palatable

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:10:33 EST

Agreed. You take another life, you get whatever you get. I'm a life-long hunter (50 years now) and wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger on a killer. I suspect I'll be in the minority here, but that's my view. BTW, I usually vote fo

Lou: In good taste

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 16:48:33 EST

My parents, who taught me everything I know about elegance, always believed that a fine red wine made executions more palatable.

joshv: Re: Does The Method Make Executions More Palatable

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 13:06:58 EST

I am with TonedEff here. Once you have accepted the barbarity of state sponsored murder, so called 'civilized' methods of execution are little more than a palliative for those who don't have the intellectual fortitude to deal with the reality and hor

TonedEff: Let's Kick It Old School.

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 09:47:18 EST

Let's bring back the grisliest forms of executions and make them public events. I'm not talking about the relatively staid and clean methods like hanging or the guillotine. I'm talking about stuff like drawing and quartering, the garotte, stoni