▲ 124 ▼ TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights. (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [B] to c/til@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] aeternum@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Now we have lethal injections where it takes hours to die and they're in pain the whole time. How about we don't kill people? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago So it's a bit of a privileged position to say that. Has nobody committed acts against you that you could defend yourself from if they were dead? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago So it's a bit of a privileged position to say that. Has nobody committed acts against you that you could defend yourself from if they were dead? permalink fedilink source parent