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If it’s mentally taxing why not create some sort of automated firing squad? First version could just be a line of guns manually aimed and then set to fire simul

by xwdv 6y ago

If it’s mentally taxing why not create some sort of automated firing squad? First version could just be a line of guns manually aimed and then set to fire simultaneously off some timer. More advanced versions could eventually feature face recognition for auto aiming and arbitrary placement of the gun turrets.

nightfly 6y ago
There are countless other more humane ways to kill people, if we must. No need for a "high tech" solution here. I'd prefer they keep it difficult/impossible to do though. Making capital punishment easier is the opposite of what they should be doing.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago
  It might be instructive to look at how people choose to die when they have a free choice. Ah, what am I saying, why am I trying to think of better ways to execute people? We should just stop doing that.
  - tapland 6y ago
    Since it was an invention to make it easier on people who do the executions, yes we probably don't have to focus on optimizing our disconnect to killing.
    - loopz 6y ago
      Indeed. There's also the point of making it as cheap as possible, or profitable to rich people, like with soylent green.
- xwdv 6y ago
  The high tech aspect is what brings dignity and humanity to the execution. If you had to be killed, wouldn’t you rather be killed by our best and brightest technology, rather than some cheap off the shelf bolt gun?
Bodell 6y ago
Why stop there? We could just load them up on an assembly line and have one of those automotive robotic arms use an air gun on them like they do for cattle. Better yet just rip their heads clean off with an automated guillotine. Then us regular folk could check it out on the latest “how it’s made” episode and remark to our selves on how satisfying the sheer efficiency of it is. Do that long enough and we could even have kids react to the old people’s way of electrocuting them in a chair. They’ll think that shit be cray. Sounds to me like the killing business is ripe for disruption.
- sio8ohPi 6y ago
  From the Onion: Ohio Replaces Lethal Injection With Humane New Head-Ripping-Off Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfsMMVgIToA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfsMMVgIToA
- ByteJockey 6y ago
  If it's ripping, is it really a guillotine?
  - protomyth 6y ago
    Well, no. I seem to remember the history of the guillotine would preclude ripping as it was supposed to be cleaner than other chopping methods.
nathanvanfleet 6y ago
Can't we just use those execution bolt guns at that point? It seems silly to make a big distance and chance of missing. The products can be bought off the shelf from slaughter houses.

by xwdv 6y ago

nightfly 6y ago

There are countless other more humane ways to kill people, if we must. No need for a "high tech" solution here. I'd prefer they keep it difficult/impossible to do though. Making capital punishment easier is the opposite of what they should be doing.

asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago
It might be instructive to look at how people choose to die when they have a free choice. Ah, what am I saying, why am I trying to think of better ways to execute people? We should just stop doing that.
- tapland 6y ago
  Since it was an invention to make it easier on people who do the executions, yes we probably don't have to focus on optimizing our disconnect to killing.
  - loopz 6y ago
    Indeed. There's also the point of making it as cheap as possible, or profitable to rich people, like with soylent green.
xwdv 6y ago
The high tech aspect is what brings dignity and humanity to the execution. If you had to be killed, wouldn’t you rather be killed by our best and brightest technology, rather than some cheap off the shelf bolt gun?

Bodell 6y ago

Why stop there? We could just load them up on an assembly line and have one of those automotive robotic arms use an air gun on them like they do for cattle. Better yet just rip their heads clean off with an automated guillotine. Then us regular folk could check it out on the latest “how it’s made” episode and remark to our selves on how satisfying the sheer efficiency of it is. Do that long enough and we could even have kids react to the old people’s way of electrocuting them in a chair. They’ll think that shit be cray. Sounds to me like the killing business is ripe for disruption.

sio8ohPi 6y ago
From the Onion: Ohio Replaces Lethal Injection With Humane New Head-Ripping-Off Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfsMMVgIToA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfsMMVgIToA
ByteJockey 6y ago
If it's ripping, is it really a guillotine?
- protomyth 6y ago
  Well, no. I seem to remember the history of the guillotine would preclude ripping as it was supposed to be cleaner than other chopping methods.

nathanvanfleet 6y ago

Can't we just use those execution bolt guns at that point? It seems silly to make a big distance and chance of missing. The products can be bought off the shelf from slaughter houses.