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[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The definition of a "humane" death for these ghouls isn't "kills quickly and painlessly" it's "looks like it does to observers". Obviously the most humane way of killing someone is hitting them with a 200 ton block of stone accelerated to well above terminal velocity. But no one wants to clean up the mess.

Giving someone a morphine overdose might cause the person to throw up and that's gooey so it wont be done.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think the possibility that it might actually be pleasurable--even if only for a few seconds--also puts us off of it. Two of the stated purposes of the death penalty in the United States are deterrence and punishment. A method that has the potential to feel good for the condemned wouldn't satisfy the bloodthirsty hogs enough. There are a lot of people who would bring back drawing and quartering, if given the option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

yeah i always wondered why thye dont just make you overdose on like heroin or something like that