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DonCoquixote

(13,973 posts)
22. American love cruelty
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:33 PM
9 hrs ago

I have no doubt that they will innovate new methods, especially if some company has the patent and can charge the taxpayer more..I can almost hear alex carp grinning.

all the same, to quote gilbert and sulllivan, I am sure we all have a little list, considering many of these people did treason and espionage that would make Mata Hari blush.

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What, no guillotines? No public hangings? Ocelot II 15 hrs ago #1
I'd like to see a guillotine used on him Marie Antoinette style. kimbutgar 9 hrs ago #24
What about beheading? OKIsItJustMe 15 hrs ago #2
Electrocution might be the most cruel method ever used in the US outside of botched hangings. hlthe2b 14 hrs ago #3
I totally oppose the death penalty, it makes us as bad as the murderer (imo)... wcmagumba 14 hrs ago #4
I agree. Give the convicted of horrible crimes hard labor and life in prison IMHO. riversedge 11 hrs ago #17
And it's cheaper to keep them in prison Grins 9 hrs ago #20
Current administration and GQP are taking us backward..................... Lovie777 14 hrs ago #5
And pay per view Miguelito Loveless 14 hrs ago #6
Like I said, half time at the Army-Navy Game displacedvermoter 8 hrs ago #30
When do the crucifixions start? littlemissmartypants 14 hrs ago #7
I could agree with BOTH methods if bluestarone 14 hrs ago #8
I approve all of these methods intheflow 14 hrs ago #9
Yep Traildogbob 14 hrs ago #10
As long as shitstain and his fellow billionaires are the first in front of them dave99 14 hrs ago #11
Why not just keep the UFC stadium on the south lawn and make them a public affair! EarthFirst 13 hrs ago #12
How about public stonings for adulterers? nt City Lights 13 hrs ago #13
Twisted sick fucks. SamKnause 12 hrs ago #14
What happened to stoning? Sneederbunk 12 hrs ago #15
Let the traitors be hoisted by thier own petards Mysterian 12 hrs ago #16
Geeze, why not just send them to a gravel pit with Kristi Noem? Talitha 10 hrs ago #18
- Lemon Lyman 9 hrs ago #19
Great....start with all traitors purr-rat beauty 9 hrs ago #21
American love cruelty DonCoquixote 9 hrs ago #22
Yet another example of Trump's lifelong sadism. Grins 9 hrs ago #23
OK VanceFan 9 hrs ago #25
The cruelty is the point Smilo 9 hrs ago #26
Don't forget the war criminals and child rapists. sop 9 hrs ago #27
Whatever happened to "thou shalt not kill?". Initech 9 hrs ago #28
Hell, let's get full on medieval. COL Mustard 9 hrs ago #29
I like that ritual in The Mummy where they locked displacedvermoter 8 hrs ago #31
Middle Kingdom is China. China never did that, but had other inventive torturous death penalties. AZLD4Candidate 7 hrs ago #33
Middle Kingdom -- actually probably early New Kingdom -- displacedvermoter 7 hrs ago #34
Hanged, drawn and quartered works too. Why not the Iron Bull? Or death by milk and honey? AZLD4Candidate 7 hrs ago #32
Only if we start with adjudicated rapists and 34-count felons Orrex 7 hrs ago #35
"We'll try it on the Cabinet first, see how it goes, then go from there." nt eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #36
I'd pay to see that used on Krasnov, his fucking grifter family, FoxNewsSucks 6 hrs ago #37
If we're going to continue this barbaric practice TexasBushwhacker 5 hrs ago #38
I'd die pretty quickly and with extreme suffering, if..... EndlessMaze 4 hrs ago #39
There is no element of human progress that this administration isn't targeting for destruction. CBHagman 4 hrs ago #40
Should beheading be added for disloyal heads of state Wolf Frankula 4 hrs ago #41
No outrage from the "pro life" community perdita9 29 min ago #42
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