Old Sparky, for example? Yeah, that is weird. Gas chambers and injections don't get that much love.
I have finesse! I have finesse coming out of my bottom!
Anya ,'Showtime'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Gus - May 24, 2005 7:41:42 pm PDT #7333 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Kristen - May 24, 2005 7:50:02 pm PDT #7334 of 10001
Yeah. Old Sparky. Old Smokey. Old Betsy. (There does seem to be a continuing theme of "Old" going on here. Maybe people who name their electric chairs just lack vision.) Yellow Mama. WTF?
Gus - May 24, 2005 7:54:33 pm PDT #7335 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I agree that is strange, Kristen. I have to wonder why this particular oddity is bugging you, tonight, though.
DavidS - May 24, 2005 7:55:41 pm PDT #7336 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
WTF?
I'm thinking that Old Smokey is not my preferred method of exit from this planet. Maybe New Instanteously if really pressed on this issue.
Kristen - May 24, 2005 7:59:32 pm PDT #7337 of 10001
Eh. It's a thing I'm watching. Death Row Women. Which sounds like the kind of bad b-grade soft core girl-on-girl porn flick you might catch on Showtime After Dark. But, in fact, is not.
I'm thinking that Old Smokey is not my preferred method of exit from this planet.
And this leads me to my other question regarding why Death Row Inmates are put in Suicide Watch when they get moved to the Death House.
DavidS - May 24, 2005 8:03:42 pm PDT #7338 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And this leads me to my other question regarding why Death Row Inmates are put in Suicide Watch when they get moved to the Death House.
Because the State is reserving the right to kill them. It's not a punishment if they kill themselves. It's an escape.
Also, when they're in custody the State is responsible for them.
Gus - May 24, 2005 8:07:43 pm PDT #7339 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Is this going to become a thing about capital punishment? 'Cuz I'm down for an argument. The gobernment has no more right to kill anyone than I do.
However, if someone is trying to kill my son (for instance) I'm putting lead directly into his forehead. I don't know if that is a Right that is correct, but there it is.
Betsy HP - May 24, 2005 8:09:48 pm PDT #7340 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Old Betsy.
I object in the strongest terms.
Why not "Old Minear"?
Kristen - May 24, 2005 8:11:00 pm PDT #7341 of 10001
You'll have to ask the State of Indiana.
DavidS - May 24, 2005 8:12:54 pm PDT #7342 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The gobernment has no more right to kill anyone than I do.
However, if someone is trying to kill my son (for instance) I'm putting lead directly into his forehead. I don't know if that is a Right that is correct, but there it is.
I suppose the gobernment's argument is that all of its citizens fall under the same purview that your son does to you, hence the killification.
Paterfamilial Gubmint:Citizens as Vengeful!Gus:TragicallyMurderedSon
But I don't think there's a Right to Kill, or a Right to Live or a Right to Die. I think nature takes care of mortality well enough without much attention to Rights or Wrongs.