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Inhumane behaviour

I'm against the death penalty- but that said, I don't find execution by firing squad to be any more absurd than the other methods we normally use (lethal injection and electrocution). At least it's quick.

The last time in the USA we used execution by gas chamber was in 1999. Now that's gruesome!
 
Getting center-punched by a number of high-powered rifles is likely as instantaneous and painless a form of execution as others currently in use.
 
ravdin said:
I'm against the death penalty- but that said, I don't find execution by firing squad to be any more absurd than the other methods we normally use (lethal injection and electrocution). At least it's quick.

The last time in the USA we used execution by gas chamber was in 1999. Now that's gruesome!
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Agreed, but what is dishonest about EJ's post is his total ignoring of what Gardner did to get the death penalty in the first place. If EJ was trying to find an innocent victim of the death penalty, or a Jean Valjean type, he sure made a big mistake.
 
I have a question. What is the rationale behind having one of the rifles loaded with a blank? Since all five shooters are volunteers, they have, in advance, accepted the idea that they will put a bullet into the target.

BTW. I believe E.J. Armstrong is from the Netherlands. Why all the references to England when discussing the threads he starts?
 
His posts suggest he lives in Scotland.

I have to say the idea of an execution by firing squad in the USA in the 21st century turns my stomach, irrespective of the crime committed. Not that it's any worse than other methods of execution, in fact it's probably better, but the dehumanising bloodlust expressed by both the potential executioniers and some posters in this thread are sickening.

You kind of expect this behaviour from places like Saudi Arabia, but from the USA - maybe one day you people will grow up.

Rolfe.
 
Bikewer said:
Getting center-punched by a number of high-powered rifles is likely as instantaneous and painless a form of execution as others currently in use.
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I'd much prefer it to lethal injection. Even if you do feel more pain, you get to go standing up instead of lying strapped to a table. Now if it was outdoors, it'd be an even easier choice.
 
Rolfe said:
His posts suggest he lives in Scotland.

I have to say the idea of an execution by firing squad in the USA in the 21st century turns my stomach, irrespective of the crime committed. Not that it's any worse than other methods of execution, in fact it's probably better, but the dehumanising bloodlust expressed by both the potential executioniers and some posters in this thread are sickening.

You kind of expect this behaviour from places like Saudi Arabia, but from the USA - maybe one day you people will grow up.

Rolfe.
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Yeah, this snide, insulting tone is really going to help you convince Americans that the death penalty is wrong.
 
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Rolfe said:
His posts suggest he lives in Scotland.

I have to say the idea of an execution by firing squad in the USA in the 21st century turns my stomach, irrespective of the crime committed. Not that it's any worse than other methods of execution, in fact it's probably better, but the dehumanising bloodlust expressed by both the potential executioniers and some posters in this thread are sickening.

You kind of expect this behaviour from places like Saudi Arabia, but from the USA - maybe one day you people will grow up.

Rolfe.
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It's not bloodlust Rolfe. It is apathy for a murderer.
 
I'm not trying to convince anyone. That's clearly impossible. I'm merely expressing my opinion.

I'm sorry if you think that's "snide", I'll try to be more direct. No matter how despicable the crime, the response dehumanises and degrades the society responding.

Rolfe.
 
From what I read in the OP, it's not really a criticism of the death penalty in itself, or against it at all, but rather the behaviour and mindset of those set to the task.

I'm against the death penalty, but I understand that in states and countries where they have it, someone has to do the job. But I really can't see anyone enjoying it, or be neutral to it, and still be of a sound mind that we'd like to have as part of our society.
 
Thunder said:
how can a human being act "non-human"?

is he acting like a monkey? like a chicken?

the OP makes no sense.

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I remember hearing of a lawyer arguing in court that the only unnatural sex act was one that can't be performed :D
 
A firing squad seems lots more humane to me than the electric chair. Offering the condemned a choice seems more humane still.

The rationale behind having a non-shooter load the rifles, and for only some of the rifles being loaded with bulletted rounds is so that no shooter will know whether he fired the lethal shot or not.

It only takes one man to flip the switch on Old Smokey. He knows he killed that man. Slowly and painfully.

ETA: When death-by-firing squad was in common use in the British Army, as soon as the squad had fired, an officer would approach and shoot the condemned man point blank in the head with his pistol.
 
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If anyone is curious, here is the actual article that quotes people involved in the last firing squad execution (which was in 1996).

As usual, you'll find that the quotes in the OP were very (dishonestly) selective.
 
I think if he really wants to be shot then they should not shoot him. Lock him up till he dies.
 
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