tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post8547096177994464231..comments2023-11-05T04:40:23.785-07:00Comments on Rusty Idols: So the state of Oklahoma tortured a man to death last night...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-51622782928106746312014-04-30T21:11:42.576-06:002014-04-30T21:11:42.576-06:00Leaving aside the basic barbarity of having capita...Leaving aside the basic barbarity of having capital punishment at all, I've never understood why the Americans insist on such horrible Rube Goldberg methods. Electric chairs that leave people convulsing for ages as their flesh burns, weird combinations of nasty drugs that cause intense pain as they kill except we normally can't tell because the person is paralyzed while it's happening or some damn thing . . . <br /><br />Veterinarians kill living creatures without pain every day; you never hear about someone's dog writhing in pain for twenty minutes while the vet is doing them in. Why can't the capital punishers manage it? Or if they can't be trusted with drugs, at least go with the guillotine. No ifs, ands or buts with the guillotine--snick, head off, dead.<br /><br />I think they use awful drugs because of some puritanical/vengeful streak. Capital punishment is a punishment, it's revenge, so they can't overdose them on morphine or something, it might make them feel good as they die and how punishing would that be? And no guillotine because no matter how barbaric the electric chair actually is, it looks scientific and there's no messy blood to remind them of that barbarism. The guillotine may actually be instant and reliable, but it looks like what it really is--killing someone. The Americans prefer a good dose of hypocrisy with their vengeful barbarism.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com