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Are drugs more humane, or simply a more palatable way to kill, to the populace? Fred Sanders May 2014 #1
More palatable Renew Deal May 2014 #2
Beats drawing and quartering pscot May 2014 #4
I agree Renew Deal May 2014 #10
But the guilotine is quicker and more humane to the person being killed mindwalker_i May 2014 #14
I thought it was very ironic the other day how the curtain was drawn on the witness window Nye Bevan May 2014 #16
Yes, that's it exactly mindwalker_i May 2014 #27
on the plus side Marblehead May 2014 #76
Kind of like how the oil from Iraq paid for the war? mindwalker_i May 2014 #84
The problem is that witnesses are needed, and witnesses tend to be squeamish. Nye Bevan May 2014 #3
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
How about volunteer witnesses? Use web cams and a cell phone app to view. L0oniX May 2014 #50
perhaps the state does not want to look as savage as it really is dembotoz May 2014 #5
Heh ...well after all the drone mass killings, looking savage because of executions is moot. L0oniX May 2014 #49
oklahoma is killing people with drones? nt arely staircase May 2014 #81
I think these other means are designed to be more palatable for the executioner. rrneck May 2014 #6
Cops Lancero May 2014 #9
Don't they all pull the trigger? Renew Deal May 2014 #12
they all have bullets, but all bullets but one are blanks, so no one knows who fired the fatal shot. dionysus May 2014 #20
No, only one round is a blank jmowreader May 2014 #39
i stand corrected. thank you. dionysus May 2014 #41
I think only the rifle with a live round would kick. nt rrneck May 2014 #25
Didyou ever see the movie "Paths of Glory." That firing squad execution is one of the most CTyankee May 2014 #13
It's an excellent movie, about a horrific moment in WWI struggle4progress May 2014 #19
I'll put it on the list. Thanks! nt rrneck May 2014 #24
How is it anti-war? AnalystInParadise May 2014 #58
Here is the description from Wikipedia CTyankee May 2014 #60
It was my understanding that there is only one bullet Ruby the Liberal May 2014 #18
That's what I always understood, rrneck May 2014 #23
Other way around, I think - one blank and the rest loaded petronius May 2014 #26
internationally that has fallen out of favor Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2014 #36
I'll add for Korea since international stances were mentioned davidpdx May 2014 #90
I think Korea used hanging, but a lot of countries are like that, Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2014 #91
A firing squad is better than a guillotine? Number of people that MillennialDem May 2014 #62
If the bullets are shot towards the brain Charlos May 2014 #64
False. Gunshot wound to the brain is not instant (let alone guaranteed) death. Nor is it MillennialDem May 2014 #67
It's a squad, not just one man Charlos May 2014 #68
I know it's a squad. I've seen plenty of WW2 firing squad videos that involve shooting the MillennialDem May 2014 #69
You missed the point. rrneck May 2014 #77
Ever been under anaesthesia? You feel your brain and senses turning to mush. Human MillennialDem May 2014 #78
Then why are we having this conversation? nt rrneck May 2014 #79
End capital punishment. nt ladjf May 2014 #8
Compared to what's in video games and movies... Lancero May 2014 #11
People's lives aren't video games BainsBane May 2014 #21
Perhaps. Lancero May 2014 #28
So you think violent criminals should be left to roam free BainsBane May 2014 #37
Yeah, that's exactly what he said ... oldhippie May 2014 #54
there were implications in his statements Trajan May 2014 #80
Agreed, the death penalty is barbaric Scootaloo May 2014 #83
The fact we are even discussing this BainsBane May 2014 #86
I'm simply being the devil's advocate Scootaloo May 2014 #89
Yup, why all those videos made by jihadists are not shown on TV nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #55
If we must have the death penalty Prophet 451 May 2014 #22
The problem with the guillotine is the mess it makes... TreasonousBastard May 2014 #29
We are too civilized for that NightWatcher May 2014 #31
I think the French just put that head in a basket and voila! Done! CTyankee May 2014 #61
There is video of executions using the good Dr's invention... Historic NY May 2014 #85
You know those are just nerve pulses and not actual life? People lose MillennialDem May 2014 #63
Facial muscles, yes, but the optic nerve... TreasonousBastard May 2014 #70
Yes but the consciousness does not last "minutes". It probably lasts 0-15 seconds. MillennialDem May 2014 #74
Fuck that, bring back the Brazen Bull. geomon666 May 2014 #30
Crucifiction was popular for over 1,000 years Major Nikon May 2014 #33
Cannibals are people too! L0oniX May 2014 #48
I had never pipi_k May 2014 #52
One of the more disturbing guillotine stories I've read talks of an experiment dpbrown May 2014 #32
Gives being a pain in the neck a new meaning. L0oniX May 2014 #47
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
Agreed. snot May 2014 #45
My personal preference... krispos42 May 2014 #35
Why not morphine? BainsBane May 2014 #38
Or just use a big cocktail of confiscated illegal drugs, like heroin and meth jmowreader May 2014 #40
I've always wondered that, too Recursion May 2014 #42
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 the guillotine BainsBane May 2014 #71
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
And I don't think banning pictures was right at all. Shandris May 2014 #57
Can't bring it back as the US never used it. We did lots of hangings. Not beheadings. Bluenorthwest May 2014 #51
Actually, if the government pipi_k May 2014 #53
I see that Larry is removed 969,437 times rock May 2014 #56
Oddly enough... pipi_k May 2014 #59
My argument exactly. PeteSelman May 2014 #66
how bout let's stop playing god? spanone May 2014 #73
If this country wants to be in the death penalty business then it avebury May 2014 #75
Kill! Kill! Kill! Iggo May 2014 #82
Since this is a morbid thread, why not just drain blood until dead? Owl May 2014 #87
Likely not painless IDemo May 2014 #88
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