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Tennessee: Execution of Christa Pike stayed!

Well now, let's be fair to the Emperor. He doesn't have so much as a crumb of bread to soothe
the mob, so all he can do is promise them circuses.

Or rather, have his First Centurion promise. Then if the Games don't pan out, the disappointed
Plebs will blame that mug instead of His Divine Augustiness.
 
Crass as the Prestige's post is, I think there is a point there. The pool of medically trained, competent people willing to perform an execution is pretty small to start with, if you restrict your selection to medically trained, competent women willing to do it, the pool is miniscule, so they probably needed to compromise on one aspect, like competence.
 
Guybrush Threepwood said:
Crass as the Prestige's post is, I think there is a point there. The pool of medically trained, competent people willing to perform an execution is pretty small to start with, if you restrict your selection to medically trained, competent women willing to do it, the pool is miniscule, so they probably needed to compromise on one aspect, like competence.
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Since a majority of staff in health care are female not so restrictive, but I can believe that a smaller proportion of women may be prepared to participate in the involuntary femicide of a sexually abused woman, than men.
 
Something that always surprises me is that in the US a majority (60%) of right to life anti-abortion supporters also believe in the death penalty. I understand catholic theology is more consistent, opposing both abortion and the death penalty, so I guess the proportion of evangelicals who oppose abortion and support the death penalty will be higher.
 
Planigale said:
Something that always surprises me is that in the US a majority (60%) of right to life anti-abortion supporters also believe in the death penalty. I understand catholic theology is more consistent, opposing both abortion and the death penalty, so I guess the proportion of evangelicals who oppose abortion and support the death penalty will be higher.
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Yeah, the god-botherers went nuts when the pope condemned the death penalty.
 
Planigale said:
Something that always surprises me is that in the US a majority (60%) of right to life anti-abortion supporters also believe in the death penalty. I understand catholic theology is more consistent, opposing both abortion and the death penalty, so I guess the proportion of evangelicals who oppose abortion and support the death penalty will be higher.
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The work of God requires a certain order. You have to be born in order to get the death you deserve.
 
The Atheist said:
Let's try blaming the victim.
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Christa Pike is not the victim. She earned the death penalty fair and square.

Helen said:
And women.
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Not women; DEI. This was literally a case of hiring someone to do a job based on their gender, rather than their competence. I'm sure her team did the best they could; it's just that they weren't the best team for the job. It's not their fault.
 
theprestige said:
Christa Pike is not the victim. She earned the death penalty fair and square.
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In fairness, she earned her execution, that the state is obliged to carry out humanely and competently. She has been victimized by the half-assed botched attempts, to which she was not sentenced.
theprestige said:
Not women; DEI.
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Not exactly DEI (or more appropriately 'DIE' here?). None of those principles were considered as fair hiring practices to promote diversity in the workplace and reduce discrimination and all that.

She was going granted a last wish, kind of like a last meal request. Not sure why an admitted torturer and murderer deserves either, but still not DIE. So to speak.
 
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