tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1219623435224804523..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: America's Death IndustryThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-23642463147259794982014-01-17T10:11:13.997-08:002014-01-17T10:11:13.997-08:00Insane. It's not like we don't know how t...Insane. It's not like we don't know how to kill people painlessly and reliably. They do it to pets all the time fer Crissake. Is there some problem with just administering an overdose of morphine?<br /><br />I mean, I'm against the death penalty, but if you're going to do it why this sadistic Rube Goldberg bullshit? The electric chair's record ain't so hot either, and it was, typical for the Americans I suppose, basically conceived as a negative advertisement; Edison's message to public: "Don't use Tesla's direct current, it can kill people!" <br />Either morphine or say the guillotine are tried and tested approaches that are far more reliable and humane. But Americans shaping policy, whether directly or by being the ones pandered to, don't really want humane. Some of them <b>want</b> the death to be unpleasant, because torturing people as you kill them fits their spiteful, vengeful approach to capital punishment. I think others want it to be very scientific, because it speaks to their need for capital punishment to be rational policy somehow so they can justify it to themselves. So if it all feels more scientific (electricity! Three different drugs in a precise sequence!) then subliminally it must be OK to do it, must have the technocratic seal of approval. The research can't point to it being worse than useless, look how scientifically it's done!Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com