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Death American-Style

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:55 am
by miftah

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:49 pm
by bio
That was all over the news a while back (since it is where I live).

If you're going to hang the guy, does it matter if his head pops off when you do it? Seriously... he'll be dead either way.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:51 am
by bugfreezer
Horrors! If we took off his head, it be just like what those islamic militants do to their hostages! Surely we are better than that!

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:15 am
by bio
Total difference.

Here, he was investigated by a publicly accountable police force who found sufficient evidence to bring him to trial. Then judged by a jury of his peers, found guilty of his crime, and sentenced. He was allowed his appeals to overturn the conviction and was treated well while being held (prison isn't happy fun time, but at least your captors don't beat your daily).

He wouldn't suffer any more if his head was yanked off of his big fat ass than he would if he hung there.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:59 am
by miftah
bio wrote:Here, he was investigated by a publicly accountable police force who found sufficient evidence to bring him to trial. Then judged by a jury of his peers, found guilty of his crime, and sentenced. He was allowed his appeals to overturn the conviction and was treated well while being held (prison isn't happy fun time, but at least your captors don't beat you daily).
You forgot to add the clause the eliminates the necessity of most of this if you are rich and/or famous.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:20 pm
by bio
This fat fuck was neither.

He also wasn't quite so fat when he went to prision for shooting two bank tellers at point blank after he robbed the place.

He used the years of appeals to gain as much weight as he could so they wouldn't be able to hang him.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:10 pm
by bugfreezer
Yeah, the point of the humane crowd is that shedding actual blood is anaethema to our advanced society: ergo, since he was at risk of becoming mechanically separated because of his stature...no hanging.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:01 pm
by miftah
Yeah, no one wants to see that, nor clean up after him.