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What's some really unpopular opinion you have?
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I am pro death penalty, and its not even a thing where I live. I've heard all the arguments against and I simply don't agree. I also don't consider it an ethical problem in regards to state sanctioned murder.
I am however in favour of painless executions and every effort should of course be made to ensure the event is as stress free as possible. I'm not a complete animal
In a perfect world, I'd agree - if law officials were to perfectly convict guilty people each time, and if execution methods were absolutely flawless with painless/instant death. However, that's not what happens in the real world.
There's an amazing video by Jacob Geller on execution methods, where he talks about the history and the present of death sentences, but in short, not an insignificant amount of people get falsely convicted and then executed, and the execution methods US are using focus more on "appearing humane" rather than effective/painless, and the incompetence of the executors turning some of those executions into hours of agonizing pain.
I agree. I guess the point is I support it in principle, not in the way it's currently done anywhere