• Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    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?”

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      1 year ago

      Err…I hate the death penalty too but you literally just argued we must never make it more humane…

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        1 year ago

        Yup. I’m against even the warmest and fuzziest killing as punishment for a crime someone’s already in prison for.