TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights. - eviltoast
  • aeternum@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Now we have lethal injections where it takes hours to die and they’re in pain the whole time. How about we don’t kill people?

    • bane_killgrind@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      So it’s a bit of a privileged position to say that.

      Has nobody committed acts against you that you could defend yourself from if they were dead?