tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5789143395661266689..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Neo-VikingsRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-18702206070049017232014-05-06T17:37:23.519-04:002014-05-06T17:37:23.519-04:00If swift and painless is the goal, bring back the ...If swift and painless is the goal, bring back the guillotine. Efficient, too.Ken Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01398980914190503708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-2986673772944779482014-05-04T13:03:40.812-04:002014-05-04T13:03:40.812-04:00"Botched" execution reminds me of the ex..."Botched" execution reminds me of the exchange in the Green Mile (edited due to language):<br /><br />Hal: Okay, boys, what happened?<br />Paul: An execution. A successful one.<br />Hal: How can you call that a success?<br />Paul: Eduard Delacroix IS dead.<br /><br />In any case, assuming that the botched execution being referenced is the one for Clayton Lockett, I have no sympathy at all. He shot a woman and then buried while she was still alive, and that's not even counting the other crimes he did (such as raping her roommate and robbing the house). Her death took much longer than his, and I doubt he was even cognizant of what was going on whereas she probably was. So Olson might do better to actually pick sympathetic characters before he tries to moralize.Peter Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792036365040378473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-70778156315155026782014-05-02T13:42:47.084-04:002014-05-02T13:42:47.084-04:00"The reason we have death by lethal injection..."The reason we have death by lethal injection in the first place is because death-penalty opponents whined about how cruel other forms of execution were." <br /><br />This is so true. I merely point out that other forms of execution also, to the horror of opponents of the death penalty, actually look like the death penalty. Lethal injection looks like we are putting a dog to sleep. Like it is some kind of of medical necessity that we take the criminal's life. Also, I dare say, other forms of execution actually respect the criminal's humanity more than lethal injection. Standing up and facing a firing squad or the gallows seems to me to show more respect to the criminal and let him recover something of his humanity by taking his just punishment standing there. They also deliver the message more effectively that those who murder forfeit their own life. nate895https://www.blogger.com/profile/05539361477170574108noreply@blogger.com