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With Texas having performed their latest execution yesterday
<link>, and another occurring soon, I wondered...
What is accomplished by executing a person? In my mind I
could
not think of anything. But, what if something good could come
of that? Enter PPV Executions.
A certain portion of
the U.S. population has a lust for violence
and killing. Texas has a lust for executions. Marry the two and
charge for livestream executions. The money raised (minus
production costs) would go to the victims families. They could
even have a "Premium View" for the sum of USD$5,000 which
would enable the viewer to follow the inmate's last 24 hours.
See them eat their last Meal. See them being led to the death
chamber. See the IV lines being inserted. For an additional
USD$25,000 the viewer could hurl abuses upon the condemned
which could be played over a speaker system. This premium
would allow for 10 minutes of verbal abuse per purchaser.
The Ultimate package would cost USD$100,000 and would
include everything above, plus it would allow you to be linked
to the execution drugs through your smart phone or computer.
At the appointed time, the security lock-outs would be lifted
and the sole purchaser of this package would press a key and
could legally kill another human being
Advertisers would be welcome on the livestream. Product
placement could generate additional revenue. "When a single
soft drink is all you can have, make sure it's a Mountain Dew"
or
"Get the BIG bucket from KFC. Don't worry about the fat and
cholesterol, they won't kill you."
PPV Executions...a winning combination!
Texas Death Count
https://www.tdcj.te...uted_offenders.html
Now...improved with "Last Words" [Klaatu, Apr 25 2019]
Innocent man executed
https://en.wikipedi...ron_Todd_Willingham
"...the arson evidence was misinterpreted" [Klaatu, May 15 2019]
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
https://memory-alph...ttlefield_(episode)
Some things really are black and white ... [8th of 7, May 18 2019]
[link]
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This could be irony, satire, or if you're writing from the Lone Star State an Executive* Summary of the pitch to potential backers ... |
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*This might be a pun, a poor choice of adjective, or a genuine attempt to be clever. We are not currently in Texas, so leave it to the audience to decide. Answers on a postcard, please. |
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Executions - not exactly a popular category on the
hb. I suppose if there were beheadings, there
could
be a Neckflicks channel. |
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This would likely have the effect of raising more opposition to the death penalty, so [+]. |
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[notexactly] you won the prize. The mass, public beheadings
during the French Revolution helped to sour the populace on
those executions. |
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We have cloaked our killings with drugs that make the
condemned unable to speak out and with the antiseptic clinical
smell of a "clean" execution. It is so easy to be a proponent of
the death penalty when you don't have to watch a (sometimes
innocent <link>) person be killed. |
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Hi [Klaatu]. Long time no see. |
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Yes, death penalty has to go... as do many offences designed to keep the privatized prison systems profitable. |
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wait, sorry, come again? how does the death penalty make
prisons more profitable? I would think life in prison would
make prisons more profitable? |
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/Klaatu/ surely we're not inventing public executions here? |
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// how does the death penalty make prisons more profitable?// |
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It doesn't. Privatizing prisons is just another problem which leads to a greater conviction rate.Too many of those convictions are false including death-penalty crimes. |
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When it becomes profitable to keep prisons full then money will be spent to ensure that not only are they filled to capacity but also that many more get built.
That is exactly what has happened. |
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There's a buck to be made. |
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[-] A chance of making psychopaths is not worth a goal. |
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Psychopathy is inherent in the individual (although it may be latent). |
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Psychopaths are born, not made. No combination of circumstances will cause an average individual to become a psychopath, and the condition is incurable. It can only be controlled, or more usually contained. |
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Fortunately there is an institution specializing in the care and useful employment of such people ; it's called the Royal Marines. |
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If that is true, nurture pressures are going to be even more important. |
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Didn't work with Jeffrey Dahmer ... his parents were totally normal, did their very best for their child, and sought help from multiple agencies. |
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He still killed and ate people. Despite considerable efforts, nurture had no significant impact on his psychopathy. |
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I doubt, when it comes to the psyche there will ever be a perfect black and white line. One individual does not make the rule. |
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// perfect black and white line. // |
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<link> I wonder if given a chance, evolution would have given quarters onto checks and eventually an optical illusion interference colour.. |
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// This would likely have the effect of raising more opposition to the death penalty// |
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I disagree. While in the long term execution was recognized as unworthy of civilized people in the mean time the French were pretty enthusiastic about it. |
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