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minus-squareBigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoI’m not saying that it was on purpose, but either way it’s a mock execution. What happened to just shooting people? That seems like a pretty solid solution.
minus-squarescoobford@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months ago“Cleaner” methods like lethal injection are more pleasant for spectators, which is always the real point of executions. A guillotine is ugly, which makes it “brutal” despite being the most humane method possible.
I’m not saying that it was on purpose, but either way it’s a mock execution. What happened to just shooting people? That seems like a pretty solid solution.
Also cheaper too.
“Cleaner” methods like lethal injection are more pleasant for spectators, which is always the real point of executions.
A guillotine is ugly, which makes it “brutal” despite being the most humane method possible.