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Offline Space Raider

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The Guillotine
« on: April 20, 2008, 12:19:50 AM »
Who thinks the guillotine should be an execution, if execution were to be legalized? :-[
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Offline The G Rebellion

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Re: The Guillotine
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2008, 02:58:14 AM »
Not me. I don't want my head cut off by something French :P

In all seriousness, no. It doesn't comply with health and safety regulations...
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Re: The Guillotine
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2008, 03:28:29 AM »
nope its not a relible form
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Offline Myroria

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Re: The Guillotine
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2008, 03:55:17 AM »
1. Execution IS legalized.
2. No, it is barbaric. Just because you shot someone in the back of the head doesn't mean we should...strangle you to death (for example).
3. Again, safety practices.
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Re: The Guillotine
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2008, 08:13:59 AM »
Maybe not the guillotine, for reasons mentioned above, but beheading would be fine if you could guarantee that a person were actually guilty.

I dunno... frickin sharks with frickin laser beams on their heads?
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Re: The Guillotine
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2008, 07:58:19 PM »
maybe the sharks would be a good idea >:(
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Re: The Guillotine
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2008, 05:02:42 PM »
I don't necessarily think it wouldn't be reliable...I mean, the technology used in guillotines before sure was, but I'm sure we could "improve" on that now.  Think of a hydraulic powered, diamond tipped blade...but yes, it's definitely too graphic, and all of this assumes the death penalty should be around anyway.
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Re: The Guillotine
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2008, 05:09:41 PM »
I don't necessarily think it wouldn't be reliable...I mean, the technology used in guillotines before sure was, but I'm sure we could "improve"... i.e. a hydraulic powered, diamond tipped blade. But yes, it's definitely too graphic...and all of this assumes the death penalty should be around anyway.
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live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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Re: The Guillotine
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2008, 04:14:41 AM »
actually it wasnt very reliable at all there are plenty of stores of it not cutting at all in fact there was a law if you would survive 3 attempts they would let you free (it was considered a act of god) and there were people set free in this way
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Re: The Guillotine
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2008, 04:28:03 AM »
Whoops...not only did I double post, but I forgot to put the "n't" after "was" (though it would have to be changed to "weren't").  My whole point hinged on their old unreliability...my mistake.
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have a society where too many people never get to fulfill that
extraordinary potential. My view – the liberal view – is that
government’s job is to help them to do it. Not to tell people how to
live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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