Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago'Astonishingly cruel': Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row 'guinea pig'www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down19cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-link'Astonishingly cruel': Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row 'guinea pig'www.theguardian.comDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareDoug Holland@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·1 year agoI’m not so much concerned that it’s ‘worse’, as that people will say it’s ‘better’, as in, “Ain’t it swell that we’ve figured out a kind and courteous way to execute people, so why not use it more often?”
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoErr…I hate the death penalty too but you literally just argued we must never make it more humane…
minus-squareDoug Holland@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoYup. I’m against even the warmest and fuzziest killing as punishment for a crime someone’s already in prison for.
I’m not so much concerned that it’s ‘worse’, as that people will say it’s ‘better’, as in, “Ain’t it swell that we’ve figured out a kind and courteous way to execute people, so why not use it more often?”
Err…I hate the death penalty too but you literally just argued we must never make it more humane…
Yup. I’m against even the warmest and fuzziest killing as punishment for a crime someone’s already in prison for.