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In reply to the discussion: Bring the Guillotine Back to Death Row [View all]pipi_k
(21,020 posts)59. Oddly enough...
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Are drugs more humane, or simply a more palatable way to kill, to the populace?
Fred Sanders
May 2014
#1
I thought it was very ironic the other day how the curtain was drawn on the witness window
Nye Bevan
May 2014
#16
It certainly had a bracing effect on the people of Paris day after day when cartloads of nobles,
CTyankee
May 2014
#7
Yes, until the main advocate of this (Robespierre) ended up being guillotined himself (nt)
Nye Bevan
May 2014
#15
This is what happens when such an injustice on people gets so severe they go on
CTyankee
May 2014
#17
Heh ...well after all the drone mass killings, looking savage because of executions is moot.
L0oniX
May 2014
#49
they all have bullets, but all bullets but one are blanks, so no one knows who fired the fatal shot.
dionysus
May 2014
#20
Didyou ever see the movie "Paths of Glory." That firing squad execution is one of the most
CTyankee
May 2014
#13
False. Gunshot wound to the brain is not instant (let alone guaranteed) death. Nor is it
MillennialDem
May 2014
#67
I know it's a squad. I've seen plenty of WW2 firing squad videos that involve shooting the
MillennialDem
May 2014
#69
Ever been under anaesthesia? You feel your brain and senses turning to mush. Human
MillennialDem
May 2014
#78
Yes but the consciousness does not last "minutes". It probably lasts 0-15 seconds.
MillennialDem
May 2014
#74
If this isn't about sadism/vengeance, why don't we just give them a gigantic opiate OD?
snot
May 2014
#34
exactly. it's not rocket science to kill someone with drugs. huge benzo & opiate dose, it's over.
dionysus
May 2014
#43
Or just use a big cocktail of confiscated illegal drugs, like heroin and meth
jmowreader
May 2014
#40
I don't know, I don't really like the feeling of anaesthesia, what makes you think the
MillennialDem
May 2014
#65
No one is going to use morphine either. The death penalty is going to remain the
MillennialDem
May 2014
#72
Although I know it isn't the intent, there is a downright eerie irony to the...
Shandris
May 2014
#44
They banned pictures of military coffins being off loaded to keep people from getting upset...
L0oniX
May 2014
#46
Can't bring it back as the US never used it. We did lots of hangings. Not beheadings.
Bluenorthwest
May 2014
#51