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Originally Posted by dda
The debate is over whether the way that California and most other states executes prisoners is "cruel and unusual" according to the Constitution.
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I guess I'm not too far off reality if I blame this on the whole "worshipping the constitution as the ultimate holy document"-deal some of you people over there seem to have going on. If you accept that premise, I guess the discussion is sane enough.
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Now, clearly killing human beings by a governmental entity is far from being unusual so the real debate is around whether the method used, lethal injection, is "cruel" or not.
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Far from unusual? Even Russia abandoned it
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Is it just me or does it strike anyone else as a bit bizarre that we are wringing our hands over the possible pain of a person that we are killing?
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Americans having inane debates lost its shock-value some time ago
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The strongest argument against the death penalty is that it makes the entire justice system look insane.
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That and the whole 'thou shall not kill'-bullshit some fundamendalists have going on..