Sick joke or not, this is the way Knight wishes to go, it's his last moment on earth so he gets to even do a Pauly Shore standup routine as far as I'm concerned.  Taking a look at the past recent "customers" of the Texas death chamber, they seem to be a varied lot in terms of how they decided they wanted to go.  There was one who was dazed and confused.  There was one who was defiant and pissed.  There was one who was grateful to the warden and willing to make a fashion statement.

Of course, there was one who just told everyone to go fuck themselves.

Illegitimi non carborundum.

The whole thing seems to mostly just be an attempt to go out with a bang of attention and controversy via gallows humor.

It's not that I blame him; it's no different than writing a witty tombstone.  The only difference in his case is that he admits to being a murderer, which I don't think invalidates the sentiment nor makes him a sociopath.

Or, taking the term gallows humour completely literally, there's the (probably apocryphal) story of one William Palmer who, after being led to the gallows and placed on the trapdoor, asked "is this thing safe?"

Nobody cares about his outlook on the Iraq War, if indeed he has one. He's not a political or ideological prisoner, so we can't expect an impassioned speech from the dock. I understand that he's already said, "I'm sorry" for his crime. He's not wasting an opportunity to make an impact about some pet cause, because the opinions of convicted murderers are usually regarded with some skepticism. So what's left?

It's the guys last moments on earth. He has every right to crack jokes, if he has the stomach for it.

"I commend my soul to any god who can find it"

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

...has admitted to his crime and accepted his fate. What more can you ask of him.

I've never been good at thinking up jokes and my take on this is that something so contrived won't likely lead to much comedy but I have no problem with him trying.

make it rain you nappy headed ho's

A TnT member named skeptic sent me a message saying he had a technical problem posting this comment on this thread:

To quote Joni Mitchell,

But now it's just another show
You leave them laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away.

A suitable parting line would be, I regret that I have but one life to give for my victims.

Illegitimi non carborundum.