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DonCoquixote

(13,976 posts)
22. American love cruelty
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:33 PM
Apr 24

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 Apr 24 #1
I'd like to see a guillotine used on him Marie Antoinette style. kimbutgar Apr 24 #24
What a mentally diseased shithole this country has become 31st Street Bridge Apr 25 #52
What about beheading? OKIsItJustMe Apr 24 #2
Electrocution might be the most cruel method ever used in the US outside of botched hangings. hlthe2b Apr 24 #3
I totally oppose the death penalty, it makes us as bad as the murderer (imo)... wcmagumba Apr 24 #4
I agree. Give the convicted of horrible crimes hard labor and life in prison IMHO. riversedge Apr 24 #17
And it's cheaper to keep them in prison Grins Apr 24 #20
Current administration and GQP are taking us backward..................... Lovie777 Apr 24 #5
And pay per view Miguelito Loveless Apr 24 #6
Like I said, half time at the Army-Navy Game displacedvermoter Apr 24 #30
When do the crucifixions start? littlemissmartypants Apr 24 #7
I could agree with BOTH methods if bluestarone Apr 24 #8
I approve all of these methods intheflow Apr 24 #9
Yep Traildogbob Apr 24 #10
Same here. Dulcinea Apr 25 #50
As long as shitstain and his fellow billionaires are the first in front of them dave99 Apr 24 #11
Why not just keep the UFC stadium on the south lawn and make them a public affair! EarthFirst Apr 24 #12
How about public stonings for adulterers? nt City Lights Apr 24 #13
That has already been proposed, but ONLY for the women. niyad Apr 25 #44
Why doesn't that surprise me? City Lights Apr 25 #48
Twisted sick fucks. SamKnause Apr 24 #14
What happened to stoning? Sneederbunk Apr 24 #15
Let the traitors be hoisted by thier own petards Mysterian Apr 24 #16
Geeze, why not just send them to a gravel pit with Kristi Noem? Talitha Apr 24 #18
- Lemon Lyman Apr 24 #19
Great....start with all traitors purr-rat beauty Apr 24 #21
American love cruelty DonCoquixote Apr 24 #22
Yet another example of Trump's lifelong sadism. Grins Apr 24 #23
OK VanceFan Apr 24 #25
The cruelty is the point Smilo Apr 24 #26
Don't forget the war criminals and child rapists. sop Apr 24 #27
Whatever happened to "thou shalt not kill?". Initech Apr 24 #28
Hell, let's get full on medieval. COL Mustard Apr 24 #29
I like that ritual in The Mummy where they locked displacedvermoter Apr 24 #31
Middle Kingdom is China. China never did that, but had other inventive torturous death penalties. AZLD4Candidate Apr 24 #33
Middle Kingdom -- actually probably early New Kingdom -- displacedvermoter Apr 24 #34
Hanged, drawn and quartered works too. Why not the Iron Bull? Or death by milk and honey? AZLD4Candidate Apr 24 #32
Milk and honey? displacedvermoter Apr 25 #45
Put someone in a box with their head sticking out then put the box on water. Feed them nothing but milk and honey AZLD4Candidate Apr 25 #46
Maybe it will kill our King Shitter displacedvermoter Apr 25 #47
I prefer death by painful natural causes that cause him to shit, piss, drool, and puke on himself while AZLD4Candidate Apr 25 #55
Only if we start with adjudicated rapists and 34-count felons Orrex Apr 24 #35
"We'll try it on the Cabinet first, see how it goes, then go from there." nt eppur_se_muova Apr 24 #36
I'd pay to see that used on Krasnov, his fucking grifter family, FoxNewsSucks Apr 24 #37
If we're going to continue this barbaric practice TexasBushwhacker Apr 25 #38
I'd die pretty quickly and with extreme suffering, if..... EndlessMaze Apr 25 #39
There is no element of human progress that this administration isn't targeting for destruction. CBHagman Apr 25 #40
Should beheading be added for disloyal heads of state Wolf Frankula Apr 25 #41
No outrage from the "pro life" community perdita9 Apr 25 #42
True lonely bird Apr 25 #43
Frankly, given some potential recipients, I'm tempted to add... JHB Apr 25 #49
The above forms of capital murder are approved by the NRA and your local power thieves. GreenWave Apr 25 #51
What? No water dunking and Iron Maiden? no_hypocrisy Apr 25 #53
Let's go for beheadings PJMcK Apr 25 #54
I'm all for timms139 Apr 25 #56
should we execute azureblue Apr 25 #57
Somebody look and see if trump bought any stocks in IcyPeas Apr 25 #58
trump doesn't know about Nicolae Ceaușescu's ending? tonekat Apr 25 #59
I prefer gibbets...lasts longer. pecosbob Apr 25 #60
What about treason? IzzaNuDay Apr 25 #61
MaddowBlog-Justice Department advocates firing squads as a method of federal execution LetMyPeopleVote Apr 28 #62
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