The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Main > Politics
Reload this Page Capital Punishment
Register FAQ Members List Social Groups Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Politics Where we learn not to think less of others who don't share our views

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 06-28-2012, 06:05 PM   #1
DanaC
Shipwrecked and comatose
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 20,080
Capital Punishment
An interesting debate from the BBC's Question Time show on capital punishment from about six months ago:

__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhianne View Post
If I had a pound for every time Torys have said they are going to sort out the country's problems then I'd be rich enough to live under one of their governments.
http://sites.google.com/site/danispoetry/
DanaC is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-29-2012, 05:50 AM   #2
DanaC
Shipwrecked and comatose
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 20,080
A couple of years ago on tv, there was a really interesting documentary, made by an ex-Tory politician, Michael Portillo.

What I liked about it was that it approached the subject from a very different angle to most of what gets on British tv about CP. Portillo has been a lifelong supporter of capital punishment in principle. As well as an examination of capital punihsment as an issue, his aim was to identify the 'perfect' method of execution. In his terms that means the most humane and merciful ending.

It's called: How to Kill a Human Being. Here's the opening segment (follow to dah toob for parts 2-6):

__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhianne View Post
If I had a pound for every time Torys have said they are going to sort out the country's problems then I'd be rich enough to live under one of their governments.
http://sites.google.com/site/danispoetry/
DanaC is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-29-2012, 05:58 AM   #3
Griff
Hill-Biffy or HillWilliam
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 16,960
We just use missiles from drones, it saves on trials too.
__________________
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
- Louis D. Brandeis
...how easily the learned give up the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of ideas in their imagination.
- Adam Smith
Griff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-29-2012, 06:02 AM   #4
DanaC
Shipwrecked and comatose
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 20,080
Hahahahaha.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhianne View Post
If I had a pound for every time Torys have said they are going to sort out the country's problems then I'd be rich enough to live under one of their governments.
http://sites.google.com/site/danispoetry/
DanaC is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:06 PM.

Help fill the mug... click to donate
"This was it. This was what he was, who he was, his being. He forgot to eat. Sometimes he'd resent having to leave the deck to use the toilet..."
- William Gibson, _Neuromancer_
Eat cookies · Cellar chat · cllr.me · Contact Us - The Cellar - Archive - Top

Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.