[BartSimpson]

Thanos Thanos:

Strip away the thin veneer of civilization and this is exactly why human beings existentially still walk on all fours.

Yep.

[Thanos]

People suck. The world would be an infinitely better place if the dominant species had evolved from canines and not apes. Dogs are good, monkeys (as the picture indicates) are generally assholes.

[ShepherdsDog]

The easier it is to lick your own own genitals, the more harmonious the society

[Public_Domain]

[BartSimpson]

Public_Domain Public_Domain:

If we were cats we'd all still be assholes but be able to parkour, though catnip would probably be illegal for some reason

[bambu]

Execution-homiciding human beings in death chambers is barbaric.

It's barbaric in Indonesia.
It's barbaric in China.
It's barbaric in Iran.

And it's barbaric in Texas.

Texas stands condemned.

The People of Texas need to wake up to themselves and abolish their death chambers...or risk being labelled 'barbarians', 'uncivilised' etc.

Obama also stands condemned for not speaking out against America's death chambers, and not doing something to rid the landscape of them.

[ShepherdsDog]

so, tell us how you feel.....

[Public_Domain]

[stratos]

Don't worry I'm sure we will continue to execute the murderers and cop killers. Strange that people want to speak up for them but never want to speak up for those that they killed.

[Freakinoldguy]

bambu bambu:

Execution-homiciding human beings in death chambers is barbaric.

It's barbaric in Indonesia.
It's barbaric in China.
It's barbaric in Iran.

And it's barbaric in Texas.

Texas stands condemned.

The People of Texas need to wake up to themselves and abolish their death chambers...or risk being labelled 'barbarians', 'uncivilised' etc.

Obama also stands condemned for not speaking out against America's death chambers, and not doing something to rid the landscape of them.

Barbaric maybe, uncivilized maybe, but what's without question is the fact that the people of Texas apparently don't agree with your assessment and methods of risk mitigation.

So allow me to ask. What other alternatives do you have for people who's crimes are so heinous that putting them in prison is neither a deterrent or a risk mitigation factor?

It's well known that these people if given the opportunity willingly kill again while incarcerated and have no respect for life inside or outside the prison system but, if you put them in a Supermax or segregation with no human contact to alleviate the chance of them committing more murders, the same people who championed keeping them off death row now almost invariably take up the cause to have them put back into population because of this alleged cruel and unusual punishment.

People forget that the Justice Systems responsibility for peoples safety doesn't stop at the door of the prison and the people inside have the same right to expect that their personal safety will be respected as you or I do, their crimes or jobs not withstanding.

So once again, what's your solution to ensure everyone's safety other than just condemnation of the practice as barbaric and uncivilized?

[Freakinoldguy]

stratos stratos:

Don't worry I'm sure we will continue to execute the murderers and cop killers. Strange that people want to speak up for them but never want to speak up for those that they killed.

But if we keep them in prison for life everything will be just fine. Problem is that for whatever reasons some of them do get out and this is unfortunately the result.


http://www.wesleylowe.com/repoff.html

[stratos]

$1:

But if we keep them in prison for life everything will be just fine. Problem is that for whatever reasons some of them do get out and this is unfortunately the result.

Not to mention they have the chance to kill while inside the prison be it fellow inmates or the guards.

[stratos]

Kenneth McDuff - Sentenced to the DP, but overturned by Furman. Subsequently released, and murdered as many as 19 young women after his release. Finally executed in 1998 for the murder of Melissa Ann Northrup see ... Who once remarked "Killing a woman is like killing a chicken. They both squawk."

I got to the unfortunate pleasure of dealing with this evil SOB while he was in the jail I worked at. This man had no remorse, no feeling, no compassion. He truly was just evil. What was so scary about him is that he could come across as "normal" but looking into this guys eyes it would dawn on you that there was no soul there. kind of hard to explain but the guy had no trace of what one might call humanity in him.

[DrCaleb]

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.

Why waste the bullet? A good general anesthetic's effects mean you have a vague notion you are going to sleep, and then the switch flips on your conciousness. If you wake up, you realize there is a gap in your personal time. Otherwise you don't notice it.

Anesthetic overdose is how we put my dog down a couple years ago, and it's how I hope to go out one day. Peaceful, painless and instant. That, or jumping out a second floor bedroom window because her boyfriend came home early.

Besides, a bullet to the head means someone has to fire the bullet. And anyone that is OK with that might not be the person you want pulling the trigger.

[Thanos]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Besides, a bullet to the head means someone has to fire the bullet. And anyone that is OK with that might not be the person you want pulling the trigger.

There's enough sadists and wannabe-hangmen out there, and not just in Texas either. I'm sure there'd be no shortage of volunteers. Might take some of the fun out of it for them if they're not allowed to aim at the knees or crotch though.