• yesman@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Executions should be public. Who benefits from it being done in secret? Why is State murder the only thing that doesn’t benefit from transparency?

    You all imagine the people who will whoop and cheer; I imagine the people who will recoil in horror. If we’re barbaric, it’s because we murder criminals, not because it’s on Youtube.

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      7 hours ago

      If we’re barbaric, it’s because we murder criminals, not because it’s on Youtube.

      100% agreed

      You all imagine the people who will whoop and cheer; I imagine the people who will recoil in horror

      I strongly doubt that though. I feel like a lot of people will cheer. And in any case this will desensitize people to violence; given how reactionary the US populace is, it’s probably not a good thing overall

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      It’s not all that long ago that people would bring their kids and have a picnic at lynchings.

      The humans of today are no different from those humans. This will just mean that those types will call for even more blood.