Obviously not. Although, it WAS considered the humane way to execute nobility, which says more about historical execution methods than anything else.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect
There was that one episode John Oliver did about the death penalty drug and he had this aside where he explained why all the seemingly "logical" methods of execution are all monstrously awful And it made me realize you could literally just do an entire show about that
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Like I would watch the fuck out of a YouTube series that was just a professional explaining why none of the "humane" ways of killing people that most of us think of are non-monstrous
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @loudpenitent
I dunno, leaving aside that "humane execution" is oxymoronic (the worst thing about dying in most people's opinion isn't the pain it's the death) it is basically a solved problem Fastest way to kill someone is a bullet in the head, specifically through the medulla oblongata
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It's the brain's "CPU", everything else is software loaded into memory No medulla = everything else stops almost instantly No higher brain function, no heartbeat, no breathing
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You wouldn't even need an actual bullet, you could save money on bullets by using a captive-bolt pistol like they use for livestock That's why the guy uses one in No Country for Old Men, this grim thing where he executes helpless people quickly and with no remorse
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People do fuck this up in slaughterhouses all the time but that's because they have to kill a ridiculous number of cattle in one day To execute the occasional human this way would be much easier, you could even drug them first
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There's a lot of perversity involved in why we don't actually do it this way, a lot of it tied up in us not being clear on why we execute people and what the concept of "humane" execution means
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Like one of the ridiculous things about people fighting back and forth over the current lethal injection protocol is they want what sounds like a foolproof means of inducing quick death *without* the use of any "fun" drugs
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Replying to @arthur_affect @loudpenitent
Jesus fuck I didn't know that They don't want people being executed via heroin because it's TOO FUN?
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That's the paradox of "humane execution" You don't want them to feel BAD but you don't want them to feel GOOD either Why should a murderer get to go out on a high
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