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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:31 PM Original message |
N.H. legislator: use firing squad for death penalty cases |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fuck it. Lets just bring back the guillotine. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Can we use the guillotine for Madoff and the like? |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Damn skippy! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The irony is that the guillotine is more humane than the firing squad |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. And definitely more humane than the electric chair... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yeah |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Yep. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. In these tough economic times, can we afford the electricity? |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. See! The guillotine is the solution! |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. lol |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I'm not so sure... a bullet to the brain instantly stops brain activity |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. While that might be true |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. It's not your fault. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Firing squads don't shoot for the head, and headshots are not necessarily fatal. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Taverner, please explain how the guillotine is more humane than the firing squad. That makes |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. We would have had to use it first in order to bring it back. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. details shmetails. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. Firing squads were used in the United States just not very common |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Yes of course but the Guillotine never was. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Oops. It was a pretty good snark. I would be mad too. (n/t) |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I was thinking more along the lines of burning at the stake |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. A fabulous New England tradition! |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Feed criminals to wild dingoes |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. This is not Australia, we'll have to make due with coyotes. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. I know! Different dogs for different offenses! |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would extend it to failure to respond to a congressional subpoena |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Anyone notice that death penalty states have more murders and a higher crime rate |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Or perhaps the higher murder rate has caused the voters of those states to elect politicians who |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Were that true, you would expect to see the murder rate decline after these policies... |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You are assuming that those who are dumb enough to commit murder are actually smart enough to |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Kinda shoots the whole deterrent aspect of it then, doesn't it? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. But it does not shoot down the public's desire to see murderers put to death |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. But capital punishment is not one of the things verboten under the USC |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I'm not saying that it is. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Yep. And that's always been the case |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. It seems most of the responses here are sarcastic. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. how about --being drawn and quartered |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. It's cheap. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. It is very important to remember |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Ding Ding Ding! |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The only reason NH doesn't execute people |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. Some Repubs are pist we're not more like the Taliban... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. This guy is a Dem! |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. And some Dems, too! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. How about the death penalty for financial fraud and corporate crimes? |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. Everybody chill out |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm for it. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. What Mr. Slayer said!! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
40. first we must expand the DP to include blood-lusting politicians |
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