[Xort]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

Does Texas execute a lot because it has a lot of capital crimes taking place, there or are there a lot of capital crimes taking place there because they execute at such a high rate?

Because they are a very large state, with a death penalty. If New York or California had the same laws as Texas they would execute similar numbers of people.

$1:

There seems to be a direct causal relationship between violence by the State and the violence of the individuals that reside there.

The more accurate relation is between the population of blacks and crime.

$1:

Peaceful countries tend to have peaceful populations (obviously). Which comes first ... a State that doesn't terrorize it's people with the threat of execution or a culture that rejects that kind of violence?

Small nations with homogeneous populations tend to have lower crime than larger mixed populations.

$1:

If we brought back our death penalty in Canada, would our violent murder rate go up?

Not by any numbers that are important.

Curtman Curtman:

Your honour I had to stab the victim 14 times, nobody would sell me a gun. -- The Xort Defense

I used to brick because I didn't have my gun.

Or do you think that defending yourself isn't something anyone should be legaly able to do?

[herbie]

The mentally handicapped in Texas should be celebrating... they don't understand... irony

[saturn_656]

herbie herbie:

The mentally handicapped in Texas should be celebrating... they don't understand... irony

Are you referring to Marvin Wilson? The coke user who planned and carried out the execution of a police informant? I read a bit on him and his case.

He wasn't nearly as "mentally handicapped" as his advocates were portraying him, don't cry for him Argentina.

[Public_Domain]

[xerxes]

I wonder how often Xort gets scared by his own shadow?

[Brenda]

xerxes xerxes:

I wonder how often Xort gets scared by his own shadow?

I'd love to be a fly on the wall there
Or a bat. Yes, a bat. That would scare the shit out of him

[Thanos]

Xort Xort:

If the Europeans think it's not humane to sell the drug, then whatever alternative method is selected will be caused by the EU.

"See, I originally wanted to shoot the guy in the head. No fuss, no mess, no bother. But the store down the street wouldn't sell me any bullets. So I had to brain him with an axe instead, and got yucky goo all over my new shoes and nice clean sidewalk. The way I look at it, because they wouldn't gimme any bullets, it's really all the store's fault, not mine, that I had to get all messy with that axe. And, as for those women in that other incident I was kinda sorta involved in, they really shouldn't have dressed like that in the first place."

That kind of thinking right there is a sign of a diseased mind.

[Freakinoldguy]

Thanos Thanos:

Xort Xort:

If the Europeans think it's not humane to sell the drug, then whatever alternative method is selected will be caused by the EU.

"See, I originally wanted to shoot the guy in the head. No fuss, no mess, no bother. But the store down the street wouldn't sell me any bullets. So I had to brain him with an axe instead, and got yucky goo all over my new shoes and nice clean sidewalk. The way I look at it, because they wouldn't gimme any bullets, it's really all the store's fault, not mine, that I had to get all messy with that axe. And, as for those women in that other incident I was kinda sorta involved in, they really shouldn't have dressed like that in the first place."

That kind of thinking right there is a sign of a diseased mind.

WTF

How long till the candle light vigil and Kumbayah singing starts in order to pressure the Governor to grant a reprieve.

Sorry, but we put down rabid animals for the protection of society and this sick fek is no different especially since in cases this heinous species doesn't matter.

[Public_Domain]

[Xort]

Public_Domain Public_Domain:

I'm trying to think of some use of the term "brick" in your statement there... Do you mean you tensed up and got super paranoid around random strangers, clenching on some knife or something hidden in your pocket while standing in line at McDonalds, waiting for the riot that would undoubtedly occur any minute? Or did you carry a brick around?

I mean if you were attacked by someone and picked up a rock or a brick and hit someone with that to save your life.

The type of weapon used to protect yourself or on the flip side to hurt someone isn't important. What is important is protecting yourself or from a criminal point of view that you hurt someone. The tool used doesn't matter.

As such Texas can be cut off from buying what it uses to kill convicted criminals, but it's still going to kill someone and the EU isn't washing their hands of any guilt by stopping the export. In part becaue they had no guilt to start with and second because Texas is still going to apply it's laws.

xerxes xerxes:

I wonder how often Xort gets scared by his own shadow?

Do you use a seat belt in a car? If so are you scared of your car? I use a seat belt not because I'm scared of dying in a crash but because it's a reasonable safety precaution.

When I leave my house I'm not scared of being attacked, but I'm not unaware of the risks I'm putting myself into. While most accidents happen at the house, most accidents that are not your fault happen outside the house.

It not a matter of fear, but of have some sense of danger.

Thanos Thanos:

That kind of thinking right there is a sign of a diseased mind.

Nice strawman. At least it is a type of argument, not a very good one, but it's a step up from the average for the board.

[Thanos]

I like the part where any discussion of the death penalty brings out all the genuine sadists like a moth to a flame. It's endlessly refreshing to see how many let the inner monster rise to the surface.

[CanadianJeff]

Can anyone explain to me in any good detail at all why putting someone out with anesthetic before shooting them in the head wouldn't be just as effective as the "humane" leather injections of today?

Besides bullets are cheap.

[Vamp018]

CanadianJeff CanadianJeff:

Can anyone explain to me in any good detail at all why putting someone out with anesthetic before shooting them in the head wouldn't be just as effective as the "humane" leather injections of today?

Besides bullets are cheap.

Bingo and Thank you.

[Public_Domain]

[BartSimpson]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

Texas will move heaven and earth to get the drug to maintain its position as the execution capital.

They can always go back to using lead and rope so I'm not too concerned about justice not occuring in the Lone Star State.