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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2年前I don’t know if you can call any execution method even remotely humane. Even if you know it isn’t going to hurt, you still know you’re going to die. There’s no escaping that part.
minus-squaretestfactor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2年前I didn’t say it was. I said it was more humane. If an execution is going to happen, I think doing it in the most humane way possible is better than torturing them to death. That’s a positive switch, even if it’s still bad.
I don’t know if you can call any execution method even remotely humane.
Even if you know it isn’t going to hurt, you still know you’re going to die. There’s no escaping that part.
I didn’t say it was. I said it was more humane.
If an execution is going to happen, I think doing it in the most humane way possible is better than torturing them to death. That’s a positive switch, even if it’s still bad.