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Public executions WTF?

TheCatWoman

If the title isnt'  a trigger warning in itself then the content maybe.

Pete Hesgeth, Trumps Secretary for War, has said today that a man who rampaged around a military base shooting and killing people will have his execution by firing squad live streamed! Public execution has been illegal under international law for decades, although today the Trump administration anounced that its putting sanctions on the International Court of Justice, after one of its former judges won a Nobel Peace Prize today.

I'm not in favour of capital punishment, I've heard all the arguments for it and I understand why some people agree with it, I don't and never have, I find it barbaric, cruel and demeaning and dehumanizing to all of us. I fear what would have happened to so many of those who have suffered miscarriges of justice, a postumous pardon dosen't bring anyone back.

I didn't think American [in]justice could sink any lower after the totally botched execution attempt Christa Pike, but I think live streaming an execution by firing squad is a whole new hell. What happens if someone young or vulnerable see's it? It could scar them for life, Hesgeth seems to think it's justice being seen to be done and that it will serve as a warning. I doubt if it will, but I think it could backfire on him and make more people oppose executions.

What do you think of public executions?

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  • TheCatWoman said:
    What happens if someone young or vulnerable see's it?

    So somehow yesterday I fell down a particularly weird rabbit hole from articles describing the situation in Yemen to suddenly I was reading about Saddam’s execution. They officially recorded his procession to the gallows, but cut out before he was roped. However, someone recorded the whole thing via a cell phone and it was widely spread from that source.

    [WARNING: Potentially distressing information inbound]

    Worldwide there is something like 7+ accounts of “copycat” incidents immediately following the spreading of that video, most of which sound as if it was young children attempting to mimic what they saw and I read at least one account of a teen doing it because she was deeply upset by what she saw. No, these copycats weren’t in Iraq where you’d expect: It was everywhere from India to Texas.

    All that to say, yes, we will absolutely have vulnerable individuals seeing that. A ton of them. Saddam’s execution was a big deal, but I’d think the rough, unofficial cell coverage of it wouldn’t be as easily accessible to young audiences as an official American live stream.

    There is a special circle of Hell for whoever thought this was a good idea. Maybe the Ninth Bolgia of Malebolge?

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  • TheCatWoman said:
    What happens if someone young or vulnerable see's it?

    So somehow yesterday I fell down a particularly weird rabbit hole from articles describing the situation in Yemen to suddenly I was reading about Saddam’s execution. They officially recorded his procession to the gallows, but cut out before he was roped. However, someone recorded the whole thing via a cell phone and it was widely spread from that source.

    [WARNING: Potentially distressing information inbound]

    Worldwide there is something like 7+ accounts of “copycat” incidents immediately following the spreading of that video, most of which sound as if it was young children attempting to mimic what they saw and I read at least one account of a teen doing it because she was deeply upset by what she saw. No, these copycats weren’t in Iraq where you’d expect: It was everywhere from India to Texas.

    All that to say, yes, we will absolutely have vulnerable individuals seeing that. A ton of them. Saddam’s execution was a big deal, but I’d think the rough, unofficial cell coverage of it wouldn’t be as easily accessible to young audiences as an official American live stream.

    There is a special circle of Hell for whoever thought this was a good idea. Maybe the Ninth Bolgia of Malebolge?

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