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Llewlladdwr

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63. Yes. NT

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Mon Jul 23, 2012, 10:08 PM

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Could anyone here strap someone to a gurney and inject poison into their veins until they died? [View all] NNN0LHI Jul 2012 OP

We're not going to do it for you. Either you or The Voices will have to to it. nt Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #1

I can't even kill spiders. tridim Jul 2012 #2

and spiders are not always easy to catch!!! Skittles Jul 2012 #27

And those leetle TINY veins!!! cliffordu Jul 2012 #32

OMG STOP IT CLIFFORDU Skittles Jul 2012 #33

Are you picking up travel expenses? jberryhill Jul 2012 #3

I think for many of us the answer would be "that depends." pnwmom Jul 2012 #4

yup the answer would have to depends but the question was very broad. loli phabay Jul 2012 #6

Indeed, it is very situational ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #8

I'd like to think that I could if Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #5

A Coup de Grâce is easy to dismiss until you are there ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #11

my family has been there, and Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #41

Nothing insincere about your posts, it a very hard place to be ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #53

There are a couple of someones that I'd volunteer to do it to tularetom Jul 2012 #7

Yes. But I'd prefer to use my Time Machine as Jon Stewart suggests... msanthrope Jul 2012 #9

I could but wouldn't. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #10

well if it were someone old and suffering and clearly and consistently requested it... unblock Jul 2012 #12

What if the person was a serial killer pnwmom Jul 2012 #13

I commend you for thinking the unthinkable. randome Jul 2012 #17

Unthinkable crimes do happen. So I think the only truly honest answer to the OP, pnwmom Jul 2012 #21

would i have rage, absolutely. unblock Jul 2012 #46

What if you knew for a fact he was guilty, but he got off because his family pnwmom Jul 2012 #54

then killing him would make me a felon! hell no! unblock Jul 2012 #58

The Hangman at Home, by Carl Sandburg. . . Journeyman Jul 2012 #14

A Favorite Old Poem, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2012 #19

No Reasonable_Argument Jul 2012 #15

I oppose the death penalty but I could carry it out. cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #16

I worry more about serving on a jury. lapislzi Jul 2012 #56

No. I'm not a murderer. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #18

Assuming your question Summer Hathaway Jul 2012 #20

Yep.. if that person was a mass murderer. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #22

Are you coming at this? cbrer Jul 2012 #23

Yes... given the proper circumstances. OneTenthofOnePercent Jul 2012 #24

I can't see it. Can't utterly rule it out but I don't see it. TheKentuckian Jul 2012 #25

Doctor Mengele I presume? lpbk2713 Jul 2012 #26

Working with special needs kids and adults HockeyMom Jul 2012 #28

No, never could see myself taking another life! teddy51 Jul 2012 #29

Yes. Serve The Servants Jul 2012 #30

Madame LeFarge I presume? longship Jul 2012 #31

No....I won't. .....Not even for the Joker BlueJazz Jul 2012 #34

How does it pay? JVS Jul 2012 #35

I can't even kill a roach malaise Jul 2012 #36

Given the right circumstances, absolutely. cliffordu Jul 2012 #37

Especially if you were Mr. or Mrs. Klass. pnwmom Jul 2012 #38

Circumstances vary NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #44

I won't tolerate cruelty to animals at all. cliffordu Jul 2012 #47

We had a problem here in Illinois NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #64

My problem is not with the death penalty, but the way it is used Va Lefty Jul 2012 #39

Does it come with Dental? Edweird Jul 2012 #40

No nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #42

public executions? NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #48

The history of the death penalty is clear nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #49

I do that sort of thing. Just not with people. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #43

No, a guillotine on the other hand IowaRevolutionary Jul 2012 #45

It depends. probably yes in the right circumstance. eom yawnmaster Jul 2012 #50

If that person had killed a member of my family, I could do it. n/t RebelOne Jul 2012 #51

Certainly if the circumstances warranted it. MrSlayer Jul 2012 #52

I've often thought the DP should have the victim's family administering death. riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #55

I'll admit it, I could do it to the fucker who raped my best friend. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #57

To euthanize someone in great pain who wants to die? 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #59

No. And I oppose the death penalty because I don't want to ask JDPriestly Jul 2012 #60

Is that person Dick Cheney? (After being duly convicted and sentenced, of course) NoPasaran Jul 2012 #61

yes i could rdking647 Jul 2012 #62

Yes. NT Llewlladdwr Jul 2012 #63