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[Politics] If Sunak offered a referendum on bringing back the death penalty would you...
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We've already got rationing based on how much money you have
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Hangman?
Oh no you've lost me there. We want to get rid of these undesirables, but we're not barbarians.
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Everyone has a threshold.
It has been proved time and time again the death penalty does not act as a deterant and if a society believes murder is wrong, clearly, it is then ridiculous to then murder someone
- Jul 10, 2003
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Even someone as desperate as Rishi ?
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I can't quite see him grabbing a kiddie off the street then demanding "Vote for us or the kiddie gets it".
(Frankly, he's not a very imposing man, and there is a fair chance that the kiddie would just flip him. Flip him for real.)
Yeah you've found mine and to be honest, made me feel quite uncomfortable
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The whole thing is uncomfortable, is it not? Play out the possibilities of such an election promise, run through the badly organized campaigns, the lack of clarity on how it would work, and one can easily end up in John Cooper Clark country. Bingo! We have executions, and they are at the discretion of a judge. And in local courts, a magistrate. All with as much planning as dear old Brexit.
There is a thin wedge between satire and tomfoolery, as Swift elaborated so well so long ago,
studio150
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I'm thinking bring back The Golden Shot, but the contestant that wins through to the final, gets to fire the bolt at a death row prisoner who has won through to the death chamber by a version of Opportunity Knocks, where the clapometer of death selects the deserving prisoner.
No, it was fun until you shared your sick views with us
- Oct 20, 2022
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Welcome back to NSC - hope you had a good visit to Blighty.
Calafornia’s death penalty seems to be in a state of constant moratorium - why don’t they just take it off the Statute book?
So far with this grand Referendum promise, the Tories have made an aggregate of 2 votes
That was campaign airtime well spent.
With the obligatory long pause before the announcement. But then it could be taken a step further, and after the 'to be executed' has been named, we could have a follow-up vote and announcement on whether it's the firing squad, the hangman, the guillotine, the electric chair or injection.
Following the live show, they could have a second show on 'past miscarriages of justice' exonerating all those wrongfully convicted and executed.
Could be quite a gripping hour's watching. Maybe straight after The Lottery Show?
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- Jul 10, 2003
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I do think that you have spent more time thinking about this than is healthy ....................................
But, I think it's a winner
“Clapometer of Death” is either Inside No 9 or Black Mirror
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I think it would take most of us less than 5 minutes to work out the best plan would be to shoot at something in the room where the risk of ricochet is small. Like a pillow, perhaps.
They can do the lottery bit while the votes are counted.
