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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #50190 on: May 26, 2014, 09:21:52 am »

Hypoxia? I think that's the one that's actually a disturbingly euphoric death.
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« Reply #50191 on: May 26, 2014, 09:24:34 am »

I'd prefer it being a bit messier to it being more inhumane.

By "gruesome" I meant ethically than physically. People who commit legal suicide tend to use lethal injection; I figured the wouldn't do it if it were too painful or inhumane.
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« Reply #50192 on: May 26, 2014, 09:49:46 am »

They should have opt-in, televised gladiatorial tournaments to cover the costs of prisons.
Think about it, that'd actually be far less cruel than just locking a person up in a box for the rest of their life. :P
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« Reply #50193 on: May 26, 2014, 09:52:29 am »

They should have opt-in, televised gladiatorial tournaments to cover the costs of prisons.
Think about it, that'd actually be far less cruel than just locking a person up in a box for the rest of their life. :P
There are people who deserve that. It's the death thing I don't like-when does justice become murder? Best to avoid the thing entirely. Besides, not having the punishment doesn't effect crime rates whatsoever.
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« Reply #50194 on: May 26, 2014, 10:03:57 am »

Well, certain governments seem pretty damn set on having a death penalty.
Why not give the condemned a chance to choose to enter such a tournament? People say such contests would be unethical, but if given a choice plenty of (especially violent) prisoners would prefer to go out fighting, getting on TV in the process, instead of sitting around in a cell waiting to die/being lethally injected.

...Although now that I think of it, in that case you might end up with people committing heinous crimes just for the chance to get famous. :-\
Hmm. Maybe it'd have to be open to the public, as well. Alas, I suppose even such a brilliant idea has its flaws. 
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #50195 on: May 26, 2014, 10:13:16 am »

I'd prefer it being a bit messier to it being more inhumane.

By "gruesome" I meant ethically than physically. People who commit legal suicide tend to use lethal injection; I figured the wouldn't do it if it were too painful or inhumane.
Just because it looks painless doesn't mean it is. The cocktail could instead paralyze them so that they can't express pain.

As for suicide, you're assuming they know whether it'd be painless or not. Ifthey just think it'd be painless because of stereotypes and cultural memes,  they could still choose it assuming it was painless.
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« Reply #50196 on: May 26, 2014, 10:14:13 am »

Yeah, death penalty is bad - but if they want to do it, they should just use an opioid overdose. It's painless almost by definition!
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« Reply #50197 on: May 26, 2014, 10:35:27 am »

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« Reply #50198 on: May 26, 2014, 10:38:25 am »

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« Reply #50199 on: May 26, 2014, 10:45:29 am »

If I were to have a choice in my own execution, I would go for a nice and old fashioned hanging. I mean, really. What is so wrong with a hanging? You drop them and the neck breaks, they're dead.
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« Reply #50200 on: May 26, 2014, 10:46:15 am »

If I were to have a choice in my own execution, I would go for a nice and old fashioned hanging. I mean, really. What is so wrong with a hanging? You drop them and the neck breaks, they're dead.
Except when the neck doesn't break and they strangle. Or when the head detaches completely.
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« Reply #50201 on: May 26, 2014, 10:47:07 am »

If I were to have a choice in my own execution, I would go for a nice and old fashioned hanging. I mean, really. What is so wrong with a hanging? You drop them and the neck breaks, they're dead.
Except when the neck doesn't break and they strangle. Or when the head detaches completely.

That's why you weigh them first. And if the head just pops off, they're still dead. Dead is dead.
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« Reply #50202 on: May 26, 2014, 10:47:35 am »

I'd go for death by firing squad, with a small twist.






I'm fired from a cannon through the air above a firing range, with my body painted as a target with different point ranges.
The shooter with the most points wins, uh, I dunno. A giant teddy bear filled with candy, yeah, that should do it. :P
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #50203 on: May 26, 2014, 10:48:08 am »

If I were to have a choice in my own execution, I would go for a nice and old fashioned hanging. I mean, really. What is so wrong with a hanging? You drop them and the neck breaks, they're dead.
If you're lucky.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #50204 on: May 26, 2014, 10:49:31 am »

If I were to have a choice in my own execution, I would go for a nice and old fashioned hanging. I mean, really. What is so wrong with a hanging? You drop them and the neck breaks, they're dead.
Except when the neck doesn't break and they strangle. Or when the head detaches completely.

That's why you weigh them first. And if the head just pops off, they're still dead. Dead is dead.
That's what they said about the 'tine too.
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