Hunter44 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I just know one thing. The first public execution will be televised on FOX. Or Spike!! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Then we should get rid of capital punishment all together.... I disagree. We can decide to remove people from our midst if they've offended so egregiously. I see nothing barbaric about it. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman69 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I say let our gladiator stuff be in a cage/ring. So that it IS about entertainment AND sport. Very controlled entertainment that has rules in place. I'm not necessarily against the death penalty, or for it, really... But... Watching an execution is a bit over the top for me. We have a template to follow cddSJnUvKyI And no I am not for public executions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenspandan Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 yes. people should openly face the direct consequences of their rhetoric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenspandan Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Who remembers the "Faces of Death" videos. If I recall, didn't they use to show actual footage of executions, or were they fakes? I was only about 12 or 13 when I saw one over at a friends house, so I assumed they were real. some of it is real, but a lot of it is fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter44 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I disagree. We can decide to remove people from our midst if they've offended so egregiously.I see nothing barbaric about it. ~Bang Then it should be public.:cool: yes. people should openly face the direct consequences of their rhetoric. I agree. some of it is real, but a lot of it is fake. There are snuff films on-line. Everything is online.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliz Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 No. Death is an overrated thing to witness. And it isn't like watching a game so it's not entertainment. It's not supposed to be entertainment. It's not supposed to be cool, fun or funny. Quite the opposite. It's supposed to be horrifying. Poll added (but accidentally made it private). Oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 They used to have public hangings in the old west, but I'm not sure I'd want to watch. I think they should keep it the way it is. Maybe show it closed circuit in all the prisons to let the inmates know they mean business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalSkins Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Pay per view gladiator style. People can call in and vote for the method of execution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANDWARF Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I'm not big on executions, therefore I would say no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonniey Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 :pfft: No. It would become a source of entertainment, I think. Now that I think about it how about the condemned running for their lives with hired exectutioners hunting them down on live TV? Or climbing for Dollars.:pfft: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I think it would be a deterrent. And I think it would be fine on ppv. The people that wanted to watch would and it would go towards the costs of the prisoner to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 No it shouldn't. We're not barbarians.~Bang We're not wusses either. But if we could deport all murderers to the prison in Peru that Vandersloot is going to be in to serve Life, and livestream their existence there back to the states, I can be cool with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 I like to think the human race has evolved beyond the glory of putting gladiators in a large arena and hanging christians upside down on crossess for our vewing pleasure. But I'm continually proven wrong, wouldn't surpirse me if other disagreed with me on this. IMO, if the victims family, relatives, and close friends want to withness the final conclusion to this man's life, I support them. However, I don't think others need to be aournd to see this, it's not some type of Barnum and Bailey's show. I think public executions are not serving the purpose of executions. So my answer is no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 We're not wusses either.But if we could deport all murderers to the prison in Peru that Vandersloot is going to be in to serve Life, and livestream their existence there back to the states, I can be cool with that. Dead is dead is dead is DEAD. Is your manhood threatened by how the dead criminal becomes dead? Is he going to laugh at you for killing him in such a pansy manner? I don't understand how killing someone one way or another makes one a wuss or not. The death penalty is not a deterrent. It never has been. If it was, murder would be a thing of the past, but it's not, not even in countries that employ more grisly methods of execution for even lesser crimes. (For example, people still smuggle drugs into China, even though defendants are almost always found guilty with barely a defense and the highest sentece is generally imposed.. and the death penalty is carried out minutes after sentence is pronounced.. There is no appeal, they march them out the door and shoot them in the head... but people still do it.) It is not a tool of vengeance for us to derive pleasure. It is a cleanser. As it's name implies, it's the ultimate penalty for the worst of crimes. And that's it. To pretend it will ever be anything else is not very realistic. We should not be proud of having to do it. It is in every sense of the words; a necessary evil. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullnelson9999 Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 We're not wusses either. Thats the kind of barbaric thinking that holds back the human race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Absolutely not. What is the purpose? To desensitize people to death and the horror of seeing it? Why would we take ourselves down to, at best, the level of the person who murdered, where we essentially put on public shows of executions for sport? Yes, I know nobody would admit that is what it would be, but that is what it would end up being. Would anyone want their kids growing growing up being able to watch that on tv? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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