Although it may soothe the pain of the family of the victims, it will have a profound impact on other people; and that impact could be alot different than what people think. Instead of deterring people, it could: 1)motivate some half-crazed person to commit a crime that would warrant their own execution for the publicity it would generate, 2)people just finding out they have aids(they belong in category one too)may choose this way to die-thus motivating them to commit some heinous crime, and finally 3)people watching for "entertainment" value will become less empathetic with people altogether without knowing it.
If Timothy McVeigh didn't kill any family members/friends of yours, what interest would you have in viewing his execution? Curiosity?
I think that's sick.
[This message has been edited by The Original Ape (edited May 03, 2001).]
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