This week on Celebrity Executioner …
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A lot of the people who deal in or care about such things still use the phrase “bullet-resistant” as it is more technically accurate.
Me, I’m just weirded out that death by firing squad is apparently an indoor activity now. (And of course perennially disappointed to live in a society that still thinks capital punishment should exist at all.)
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It’s because they’re authoritarians. So this is part and parcel of their political philosophy.
I’m 100% against the death penalty. BUT if they are going to do it anyway, I’m kind of for this.
1 - it forces people to confront the violence that they are doing by killing people. Not making it seem like a peaceful medical procedure (with paralyzing drugs that may cover up suffering )
2 - It is probably more humane, especially if the dial the guns in using stands and aim for the brain. Scrambling a brain into a mist would instantly stop brain activity in a tiny fraction of a second. If they are aiming for the chest I’m less for it - more room for suffering.
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I try to resist making puns about charged topics like this. I try.
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Per the article, that’s what they’re doing.
And, as the main post pointed out with this link, these executions are far from foolproof even when followed by a shot to the head:
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I haven’t seen this case discussed on this forum but it’s more reason to end the death penalty. It appears her execution will be stopped but she also needs to be let out of prison.
Also, I’ve seen comments here about showing the horror of execution. There is an episode of Boston Legal where Alan Shore is fighting to prevent an execution in Texas, he loses. The guy being executed keeps telling Alan he’s going to be strong and make people proud that he is going to be brave right to the end.
Alan convinces him that the way he makes a difference is to show people the horror of an execution. The final scene is very difficult to watch.
Sometimes I like to point out that Star Wars came out before the last person was guillotined in France.
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I should clarify. It’s not that I think there is no one without whom the world would be a better place. It’s that I don’t believe anyone is qualified to make the judgement to be committing premeditated homicide in defense of no one, and a representative government in particular should not be doing it in the name of the governed. Since an error free justice system is an impossibility, it’s also a moot distinction from a flawed justice system. But as you say, the conclusion that capital punishment is wrong is the same.
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“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” –Gandalf the Grey
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One thing I appreciate about Tolkien is that he actually tried to live up to the faith in which he believed. Would that more professed Christians did likewise.
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Deserve it or not, we ALL have a death sentence. And after we have been dead for a million years, that is only a small fraction of the time that we will be dead. Life is precious, try not to waste it.
You should try for a new career as a motivational speaker.
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My plan is to use the time to turn into WD-40.
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Ah, death’s sweet release.
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That is a good point - I should have read it more closely about what the current (bad) plan is.
At the risk of getting more graphic, but I still think the survivability problem would not be hard to solve with the right kinds of close-range firearms - multiple shotguns (clamped, pre-aimed) going off at once. Close to the head etc.
A slight variation on the traditional:
“What would you do if you found out that you were going to die?”
“…”
“Then you should do that, because we’re all going to die.”
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I take it back, being a motivational speaker should not be on your bucket list.
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