Would you watch a public execution?

Wasn't it Ken Bigley? Must be torture for his family knowing he died like that. :(

Doing that to another person they are below animals. Religion what a load of ****!
 
No. I am beginning to think the world is full of people who have indeed become worryingly desensitised to death and suffering, fortunately I am not one of them. I've have never watched any of the videos of people being executed and have absolutely no inclination or intention to.

I am not in favour of capital panishment but do think that people who commit serious enough crimes should be imprisoned for life (meaning until they die) and without the possibity of parole. How much money it would cost and the difference should not be considered a factor when talking about taking a life (no matter how worthy or worthless you deem that life to be).

I do find it interesting that Albert Pierrepoint (considered to be the most prolific hangman of the 20th century) ended up being an opponent to capital punishment.
 
Mubs I fear you're right, it's quite sad and very distressing to see. I wonder though, how much of it is internet bravado - I reckon most would feel rather disturbed after watching it merely a few feet away.
 
Freefaller said:
Mubs I fear you're right, it's quite sad and very distressing to see. I wonder though, how much of it is internet bravado - I reckon most would feel rather disturbed after watching it merely a few feet away.
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Never watched it in person or face to face so to speak, only things on the web.

However I never watched those videos of the guy being be-headed and what not.

Mate tried showing me a video of someone getting electrocuted on a train, I just couldn't be bothered =/
 
Things from the comfort of your own home are COMPLETELY different. It's so detached and not "real" so to speak. Smelling the fear, burning flesh, blood, cordite, hearing the sounds, and feeling life disappear before you is something that no film or recording can portray. It hasn't traumatised me, but I sure as hell know that I wouldn't want to actively go and see it happen.
 
A big no from me.

I'm opposed to capital punishment, and would derive no satisfaction at seeing a life taken before my eyes.

Like others here, I thought the execution of Saddam was dreadful. He may have been a brutal dictator responsible for the painful death of thousands but we are supposedly civilised and above mere retribution.

At a rough guess, if our jails were tougher then those two fiends jailed today would rather be dead than stuck in jail for 35 years.
 
if someone offered i doubt id say no. id be kind of interested to see what my own reaction and the reaction of other people there would be
 
Rainmaker said:
But you surely can't compare a bunch of fundamentalist foreigners chanting and waving AKs while they saw off some poor guy's head to clinical state-sanctioned execution? Yes, Saddam's execution was 'state sanctioned' but I don't think we should be holding up the ideals of a load of hooded Muslim Iraqi fools chanting insults at the gallows as the representation of a properly carried out execution, imo. Whether pro or anti, that was a pretty bad comparison.
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The bit I saw of Sadam was him just walking to the rope - the look on his face was enough, I (unbelievably) felt sorry for him...
Extreme examples I know - but watching someone take another's life is just not for me. Put yourself in their position - horrific...!
 
WoZZeR said:
A big no from me.

I'm opposed to capital punishment, and would derive no satisfaction at seeing a life taken before my eyes.

Like others here, I thought the execution of Saddam was dreadful. He may have been a brutal dictator responsible for the painful death of thousands but we are supposedly civilised and above mere retribution.

At a rough guess, if our jails were tougher then those two fiends jailed today would rather be dead than stuck in jail for 35 years.
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Agreed.
 
Freefaller said:
Mubs I fear you're right, it's quite sad and very distressing to see. I wonder though, how much of it is internet bravado - I reckon most would feel rather disturbed after watching it merely a few feet away.
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Very true, there are many things that we are detached from that if we had to do it / see it for ourselves it just wouldn't happen (fancy a bacon sandwich? Here's a knife, the pig's out back...).
 
Whilst I am generally against capital punishment (some things make me waiver in this opinion), I am absolutely against it being public.

I've always wondered about people in the US who go to watch their child/parents/misc killer be executed. I think it's wrong and even a bit sick that they would do such a thing. Surely they've got justice through the courts, so seeing someone die really give closure? I think not, I think it's all about revenge, which IMO has no place in our criminal justice system at any point.
 
No, because it would show support to the death sentence. I think in certain cases I could understand relatives of a victim wanting to see the execution, but to open it up to the public is plain wrong.
 
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