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Lost_Count

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94. If we could do that I'd get on board...

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 08:03 AM

Jan 2014

... But we won't.

Food, letters, friends, religious support, internet, books etc.. Etc... All his for the taking...

As it stands he is just a sick dog that needs to be put down.

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States consider reviving old-fashioned executions [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 2014 OP

Ye know,really JackInGreen Jan 2014 #1

Hard time or show time jakeXT Jan 2014 #7

That reminds me wercal Jan 2014 #102

I haven't seen Hunger Games, but I believe Battle Royale inspired it jakeXT Jan 2014 #107

I agree. Lets do it with a little style. zonkers Jan 2014 #104

We COULD just outlaw the death penalty Demeter Jan 2014 #2

Except that cut into the pockets of the producers of said chemicals sakabatou Jan 2014 #15

Now that is a stretch. former9thward Jan 2014 #33

I should add a sarcasm tag... sakabatou Jan 2014 #34

The problem is actually that almost no companies want to supply those drugs. n/t Psephos Jan 2014 #44

The producers of said chemicals don't want them used in executions jmowreader Jan 2014 #73

Hell of a thing when chemical and drug companies take an ethical stance! Scootaloo Jan 2014 #76

Sorry to sound cynical Springslips Jan 2014 #87

+1 Solly Mack Jan 2014 #95

Cue the story of Robert Pierce, killed in San Quentin in 1956. . . Journeyman Jan 2014 #3

So sad that it's really so easy to believe, after all. Judi Lynn Jan 2014 #59

firing squads, electrocutions and gas chambers? trusty elf Jan 2014 #4

An option involving no animals: jsr Jan 2014 #18

Screw it... let's just draw and quarter people. GreenEyedLefty Jan 2014 #5

keel haul and boiling in oil. that's the ticket. Nanjing to Seoul Jan 2014 #8

Tar and feather sakabatou Jan 2014 #17

Flogging round the Fleet. That was always a good one. Sognefjord Jan 2014 #89

Reality TV ReRe Jan 2014 #6

Hold your sarcasm jmowreader Jan 2014 #74

Oh yeah... ReRe Jan 2014 #75

Something like this? jmowreader Jan 2014 #93

Actually they gather because it's a public space Scootaloo Jan 2014 #78

The dark, twisted visions of gun nuts' minds are spilling out into reality. nt onehandle Jan 2014 #9

Firing squad, hanging, headsman are all faster and easier than lethal injection. PeteSelman Jan 2014 #10

Probably the kindest (albeit gruesome) method is beheading MillennialDem Jan 2014 #50

"...old-fashioned executions" A tautology, surely SorellaLaBefana Jan 2014 #11

execution is everywhere Psephos Jan 2014 #45

Euthanasia Coaster Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #12

That's twisted. n/t xocet Jan 2014 #48

Firing squads? another_liberal Jan 2014 #13

Of course, we are a civilized country. Attacks & invasions on innocent nations, RC Jan 2014 #16

I think that happened right after . . . another_liberal Jan 2014 #42

Don't forget to charge the family Jeff Murdoch Jan 2014 #24

That is what the Russian do happyslug Jan 2014 #63

There would never be a shortage of volunteers to be members of firing squads. Paladin Jan 2014 #25

OMG they would sell it as 'your patriotic duty' to be in service to your country. It's nationalistic Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #27

Certainly suits the times, doesn't it? (nt) Paladin Jan 2014 #29

Ask not who your country can kill for you, ask who you can kill for your country. Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #31

I believe that was the case when Gary Gilmore was executed in Utah in 1977 KansDem Jan 2014 #49

A lot of people who have served on firing squads end up needing psychiatric care LongTomH Jan 2014 #52

I thought there was always one blank, and nobody knew who had it... cyberswede Jan 2014 #92

A blank is immediately recognizable when you fire it. sir pball Jan 2014 #103

I bet you don't notice it when your target is human. (nt) Paladin Jan 2014 #108

Never harbored any fantasies of shooting somebody, let alone done it, so I wouldn't know, nt. sir pball Jan 2014 #112

Amazing that is has only been 4 years whopis01 Jan 2014 #96

"reviving executions" trusty elf Jan 2014 #14

Draw and quarter them. Sell tickets. Show us who you really are. nt bemildred Jan 2014 #19

yea!!! heaven05 Jan 2014 #20

Guillotines? Too "clean!" How about the old fashioned broad axe? yellowcanine Jan 2014 #22

excellent!! heaven05 Jan 2014 #23

What a bunch of wimpiness. Bring on the public 'angings! That will set the country straight! yellowcanine Jan 2014 #21

Now we Americans(myself excluded) have shown the requisite bloodlust for proper executions. Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #26

America is very sick. nt ladjf Jan 2014 #28

why not stoning or the guillotine? nt geek tragedy Jan 2014 #30

.......... trusty elf Jan 2014 #36

Public executions. Turbineguy Jan 2014 #32

I really don't know why firing squads were ended. former9thward Jan 2014 #35

Firing squads are neither painless or instant. Xithras Jan 2014 #38

That is speculation at best. former9thward Jan 2014 #40

Speculation based on medical science. Xithras Jan 2014 #43

Tell Thailand that Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2014 #69

We don't do things like Thailand does. former9thward Jan 2014 #70

You mean guns are fundamentally different here quakerboy Jan 2014 #90

yes, but it sounds like we're trying to be more like they were CreekDog Jan 2014 #91

And your usual attempts to throw out strawmen are as obvious as usual. former9thward Jan 2014 #99

it's not a strawman, look at the arguments that always follow your posts CreekDog Jan 2014 #116

Always happy to have stalkers and fans. former9thward Jan 2014 #117

it's not "stalking" to argue with you CreekDog Jan 2014 #121

Hiring Jimbos with beat-up deer rifles off the street is not "good reason". sir pball Jan 2014 #105

That's nice. Please stay out of my neighborhood. (nt) Paladin Jan 2014 #109

Because I realize that neither I nor anybody else off the street has any business executing people? sir pball Jan 2014 #111

I've been a firearms owner for better than 50 years. Paladin Jan 2014 #115

No, actually that doesn't suit me. sir pball Jan 2014 #119

This conversation is over. (nt) Paladin Jan 2014 #122

Humor me with an intellectually-honest, single-word, no-text answer. sir pball Jan 2014 #124

Possibly. (nt) Paladin Jan 2014 #128

That's not the "good reason". Xithras Jan 2014 #113

I took the mess into account. sir pball Jan 2014 #114

That's sort of my take on it. Xithras Jan 2014 #120

I think N2 hasn't been studied b/c it hasn't been "needed" sir pball Jan 2014 #123

The most humane execution is a projectile to the brain stem. Dash87 Jan 2014 #37

People who support the death penalty should be compelled to witness a bunch of them. marble falls Jan 2014 #39

Should people who oppose the death penalty be forced to view former9thward Jan 2014 #41

It's only the same logic if the death penalty prevented murder. jeff47 Jan 2014 #51

Heat of the moment crimes do not get the death penalty. former9thward Jan 2014 #53

Some do, some don't. jeff47 Jan 2014 #54

We have a diffence in philosophy. former9thward Jan 2014 #55

Why do you want to cut their punishment short? jeff47 Jan 2014 #56

I don't want to put guards or other inmates in danger. former9thward Jan 2014 #57

And what's the disincentive for a death penalty convict? jeff47 Jan 2014 #58

Nothing. former9thward Jan 2014 #61

It takes a while to try and prevent executing the wrong person. jeff47 Jan 2014 #64

We have probaby gone as far as we can go. former9thward Jan 2014 #65

Yeah, it's not like any death row convicts have later been cleared. jeff47 Jan 2014 #66

This is why I am against christx30 Jan 2014 #60

If we could do that I'd get on board... Lost_Count Jan 2014 #94

Because as soon as the DP abolished.. MicaelS Jan 2014 #118

And then they'll force the murderer to move in NEXT DOOR TO YOU!!!!!!!!!! jeff47 Jan 2014 #126

Yes, I would not doubt it one bit. n/t MicaelS Jan 2014 #127

Excellent post. MicaelS Jan 2014 #125

Except opposing the death penalty doesn't cause murder Scootaloo Jan 2014 #79

Supporting the DP doesn't cause them either. former9thward Jan 2014 #80

Yes, in fact supporting the death penalty does create executions. Scootaloo Jan 2014 #81

You said murders, not executions. former9thward Jan 2014 #82

Try to follow along Scootaloo Jan 2014 #85

Well as long as you are jumping in to defend the post. former9thward Jan 2014 #86

Nope, it's not following logic Scootaloo Jan 2014 #88

Nope, no videos of U.S. executions. former9thward Jan 2014 #98

Guillotines for financial and political criminals, please. Myrina Jan 2014 #46

How about burning at the stake? That would be both quite a spectacle and quite an act of vengeance! xocet Jan 2014 #47

With or without the gunpowder around the neck? happyslug Jan 2014 #67

That is unclear. Is spectacle or vengeance more important - namely, which is more exceptional? n/t xocet Jan 2014 #72

What a decsion, is blasting or a burning more Spectacle or Vindictive? happyslug Jan 2014 #100

Most European countries went directly from violent methods to abolition LongTomH Jan 2014 #62

We just got 5 million $! Do we send it to the schools or do we pay a guy to find execution methods? ck4829 Jan 2014 #68

Or, as the U.S. "Christian" Dominionists say: Stoning, because rocks are cheap and plentiful. blkmusclmachine Jan 2014 #71

Why not consider NOT performing executions? Scootaloo Jan 2014 #77

Helium Sgent Jan 2014 #83

Nitrogen would be the theoretically ideal gas for that. sir pball Jan 2014 #106

Quick round... Lost_Count Jan 2014 #84

I would support firing squad just because it's more honest yurbud Jan 2014 #97

Cool. I say make everyone dress in period costume like the in The Green Mile. zonkers Jan 2014 #101

Meet the new barbarism; just the same as the old barbarism. maddogesq Jan 2014 #110