If people had the courage of their convictions regarding capital punishment.... [View all]

[Locut0s]

If people had the courage of their convictions regarding capital punishment, they would have the balls to execute people truly humanely. With say a shotgun. I'm not joking here.

As you can see I'm against capital punishment. I realise not all here will be. I'm not against locking up the worst of the worst and throwing away the key. But not only is capital punishment cruel it's ineffective as a deterrent. The recent Arkansas case where they have fast tracked executions because they have medications that are expiring, makes me sick. Lethal injection is not a human way of execution. It's not fast and there is mounting evidence that it's not at all painless.

And yet lethal injection is advertised as a humane form of execution. Doing so is cowardice. It's a lie. What lethal injection really is, is a sanitised form of execution that relieves the executioner and viewers from as much guilt and trauma as possible. It does nothing for the victim. If you want a real humane form of painless execution use a shotgun to the head. Painless, quick, 100% effective. Of course it's messy and traumatic for the executioner. But that shouldn't be a problem if you are arguing that what you are doing is morally the correct thing to do.

If the argument is that we need to jump through hoops to prevent the executioner and viewers from suffering PTSD. Well then maybe there is something wrong with your initial premise.