The profits could go to the victims' families if Don King doesn't grab them first-- BobStCul, Oct 13 2000 Yeah, I like old Arnie movies, too.-- centauri, Oct 16 2000 Corcoran State Prison in California Guards used to send known enemies into a small exercise yard at the same time, they'd fight, sometimes the guards would shoot. Bets were on and so were the cameras.-- thumbwax, Oct 16 2000 Giving them an audience just inspires others to want to be in their place could actually backfire on us - every kid in my neighborhood can't spell his own name, but is destin in their own minds to be a "foobaww" star!-- hotrodmama, Nov 29 2000 if we sentence EVERYone to blood sport it's just cruel, not unusual... I've always been annoyed by the wording of that one.-- djymm, Mar 31 2001 Misread the title: I thought this meant small performances for the LI viewers would be tolerated. They could halt the process while one executioner fumbled about in a pocket looking for a vial. Sheepishly, like in an Abbott and Costello routine, "The poison, I thought you were supposed to bring it!"-- reensure, May 11 2001 didn't the Romans do that?-- dekoi, May 11 2001 Lethal injection is like putting a dog down. Euthanasia is an easy death. The problem with the US is that the average sentence served for murder is 5 years. Gladiator fights would stop that.-- Amishman35, Dec 28 2003 random, halfbakery