Would you take part in a firing squad?

[pirana 0]

I would if it were personal. But killing someone I had no connection with at all would not appeal to me. Let the people who were wronged do so if they want. Otherwise, leave the job to professionals.

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[joebud321 0]

Blow torch and pliers sounds the best way to go

[ReBirth 0]

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No. I don't support the death penalty.

ditto

[lawrocket 3]

I think it's a tough question for anybody to be able to answer. First, there are different circumstances. Could I participate in a firing squad if asked to do so right now? No, I could not.

Now, let's say that my son gets tortured and killed. Now we start getting into what it the more powerful feeling - my inherent aversion to taking someone's life, or my understandable desire to finish the motherfucker off myself. Odds are I still couldn't do it knowing that it would be malicious.

If, on the other hand, I was involved in a situation where the group dynamic or training takes over, then I cannot say for sure that I wouldn't. Soldiers kill people in war without malice (though there is plenty going on). Who is to say that I wouldn't end up buying into that belief system? Who is to say that anybod is immune from it?

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[artistcalledian 0]

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So now he's added another country to his list.... UK, Cambodia, Cuba... now Vietnam.

Interesting trivia I found out the other day. The brother of a friend of mine was the guy who found the kiddy porn on his laptop a couple of years ago. He was working at PC world and the dumb twat took the thing into their service desk to get a fault fixed.

I'll also repeat this from a previous post of mine:

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I know of one lot of people who played Gary Glitter's music. See Gary was put in Horfield Prison in Bristol... that's a few miles away from my home... just down the road from the pub I call my local.

It was well known round here that on Gary's first night in the clink the whole prison sang "you wanna be in my cell, my cell, my cell, you wanna be in my cell, my celllll?"

and who's to say that the kids who work at PC World didn't think "hey, here's the pc of a famous person, lets fuck him over by putting some kiddie porn on and say it was already on"

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drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

[dropoutdave 0]

OFF WITH HIS COCK AND BALLS!!!!

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[artistcalledian 0]

LOL

i see you prefere the liberal approach

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drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

[rickjump1 0]

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LOL

i see you prefere the liberal approach

Like pulling you apart in London Tower?

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[Skyrad 0]

Err....Yea Mike that sounds far more humane

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[miked10270 0]

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Err....Yea Mike that sounds far more humane

Well... Yes! Killing him is very final. I much preferred to combine a SUITABLE punishment with the chance of rehabilitation, a contriution to society and the chance for this terribly poor country to earn some tourist money.
Vietnam already offers a lot of war experiences like visits to the tunnels and firing off the weapons used... This just sort of completes the inventory!?

Mike.

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

[christelsabine 1]

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Err....Yea Mike that sounds far more humane

Skyrad, what happened to you?
New hairdresser?

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[Skyrad 0]

No just sensitive about the receding hairline

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
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[miked10270 0]

Getting back on topic! (yeah, I know - a bit of a first for me...)

Apparently the maximum punishment is now down to 12 years imprisonment!!!

This means you've all gotta put your knives & guns away. Skyrad. You can take the hood off now - you ain't gonna need it!

Of course the vietnamese could simply DEPORT him... And back he comes to Blighty (unless Y'All can think of some other country that'll take him?)!

The real worry is that if he comes back to The UK, he'd release another record!!

Mike.

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

[artistcalledian 0]

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No just sensitive about the receding hairline

aren't we all mate

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[Skyrad 0]

DOH!!!

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[bch7773 0]

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but if you watch movies, or especially TV, you'll notice people being able to unload a lot of ammo with no recoil. When I shoot a weapon myself, I notice it wants to jump around quite a bit.

those are special blanks that have very little powder in them. i bet the firing squads get some type of special blank that has a lot of recoil.



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I couldn't be in a firing squad unless the criminal did something really really horrific. especially if it was a personal crime to me, i.e. he tortures my family to death.
Then I'd aim low and blast his balls off... let him bleed to death.

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[rehmwa 2]

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I couldn't be in a firing squad unless the criminal did something really really horrific. especially if it was a personal crime to me, i.e. he tortures my family to death.
Then I'd aim low and blast his balls off... let him bleed to death.

Those that administer crime MUST NOT have a personal or emotional interest in the specific case. That would be about as wrong a miscarriage of justice than anything.

But they are welcome to watch, but that has nothing to do with justice, only their closure as a victim.

I'd participate, if only to make sure that I was an impartial member of the squad in order to keep another who is emotionally invested with the victims from participating. Justice can't equal revenge.

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[nacmacfeegle 0]

"Those that administer crime MUST NOT have a personal or emotional interest in the specific case.
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Justice can't equal revenge. "

Well said.

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[Richards 0]

As a general rule I am a wee bit squeamish about the death penalty as I do place a very high value on human life, however I think anyone who lays a hand on a kid deserves no mercy. Therefore while I would not enjoy being part of the firing squad I would remind myself that this animal has scarred a child for life, and as I carried out the unpleasant neccessity of pulling the trigger, I would disregard his humanity and reserve my sympathy for his victim. I hope this does not make me seem cold, I merely feel that his crime (if he is in fact guilty) crosses all lines of civility.

My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

[dorbie 0]

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"Every reaction has an equal and opposite reaction."

Clearly these shooters don't know this. Recoil is a fact of shooting. Blanks don't recoil.

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Until Goddard proved otherwise, a lot of scientists believed rockets would not work in a vacuum because "they have nothing to push against". Misconception.

I'd know if my round was the blank. Glitter's nuts wouldn't explode after the loud bang.

[BillyVance 34]

I'd take part in a firing squad if Osama Bin Laden was the condemned...

But then again, he would be getting off waaaay too lightly with such a quick death...

I'd start at the foot (BLAM!), then the shin-bone (BLAM!), then the knee-caps (BLAM!), and then.... well you get the picture.

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