Would it be acceptable to show executions on Pay-Per-View

[Kevin]

Would it be acceptable to show executions on Pay-Per-View, debate.

[Gabu]

That's a rather vile thought.  I don't think it would do anyone good at all to encourage people to revel in others' deaths, even if they're criminals.

[Colin]

God that would be horrible. Who would watch that? Vile, disgusting, period.

[Bdub]

It would be a terrible idea.  Who would want to watch that.

[Kevin]

It would be a terrible idea.  Who would want to watch that.

Someone at my school suggested it, it wasn't me.

[Colin]

It would be a terrible idea.  Who would want to watch that.

Someone at my school suggested it, it wasn't me.

He probably has a few bodies burried under his basement.

[Dr. Cynic]

Kevin, why don't we go a step further, and put 5 or 6 Death row inmates in a gigantic holding area, give them a bunch of hand to hand combat weapons, and tell them to try to kill each other. Whoever wins will have his or her death sentence commuted to life in prison.

Even further, we could have the convicts involved in feuds and storylines, and have them cut promos, and have Vince McMahon promote the whole deal!...

Yeah, that idea is about as sane as yours.

[adam]

I don't see why not. Knowing this society, it would probably make a lot of money.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I'd have no problem with televising executions.  In fact I believe they should be.  If we as a society are unwilling to accept the blunt truth of what capital punishment entails, then we shouldn't have it.  However, charging money to see an execution?  I think not.  Certainly not for the purpose of making money for a private enterprise.

[J-Mann]

I'd have no problem with televising executions.  In fact I believe they should be.  If we as a society are unwilling to accept the blunt truth of what capital punishment entails, then we shouldn't have it.  However, charging money to see an execution?  I think not.  Certainly not for the purpose of making money for a private enterprise.

Our society is so desensitized to that sort of thing that I don't think it would much matter. Watching an actual life be extinguished, whether it is from someone guilty of a horrible crime or not, just doesn't have a lot of impact on people when they're watching on TV.

But no, it's a bad idea. Pretty sick, actually.

[nclib]

No. The only good thing about this would be that the general public would see how awful capital punishment really is.

[memphis]

I'd have no problem with televising executions.  In fact I believe they should be.  If we as a society are unwilling to accept the blunt truth of what capital punishment entails, then we shouldn't have it.  However, charging money to see an execution?  I think not.  Certainly not for the purpose of making money for a private enterprise.

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I think that this would make capital punishment more of a deterrent to capital crimes. Our notion of execution is very abstract. If people saw executions, some might think twice before causing trouble.

[Frodo]

I'd have no problem with televising executions.  In fact I believe they should be.  If we as a society are unwilling to accept the blunt truth of what capital punishment entails, then we shouldn't have it.  However, charging money to see an execution?  I think not.  Certainly not for the purpose of making money for a private enterprise.

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I think that this would make capital punishment more of a deterrent to capital crimes. Our notion of execution is very abstract. If people saw executions, some might think twice before causing trouble.

Given that the death penalty is delivered mainly through lethal injections, I doubt it would have the impact you think it would.  If, however, it were shown in a more horrific form (hangings, firing squads, or through an electric chair) than your argument might have more weight.  Given what I know of our society, people would be more bored than horrified with a lethal injection -you will likely have more yawns than gasps.   

I could be wrong though.....

[2952-0-0]

Sounds more like BDSM than anything else.

[memphis]

Although lethal injection would not be as graphic as other forms of execution, it would still shocking. We are so shielded from death in our society. People die in hospitals and in private and dead from war are almost never shown on tv or in newspapers. I don't think we'd need brutal executions to get the point across.

[Frodo]

Although lethal injection would not be as graphic as other forms of execution, it would still shocking. We are so shielded from death in our society. People die in hospitals and in private and dead from war are almost never shown on tv or in newspapers. I don't think we'd need brutal executions to get the point across.

We see death all the time in our movies and in our video games.  It may be faked, but through these mediums we have become desensitized enough that a mere lethal injection will not drive home the point that you are trying to make.   

[Filuwaúrdjan]

No. I don't support the death penalty.

Btw, it's not as though public executions would deter people from committing a crime anyway. They certainly didn't (and don't) in societies that had/have public executions... all they are is an excuse for a bit of bloodlust.

[memphis]

Although lethal injection would not be as graphic as other forms of execution, it would still shocking. We are so shielded from death in our society. People die in hospitals and in private and dead from war are almost never shown on tv or in newspapers. I don't think we'd need brutal executions to get the point across.

We see death all the time in our movies and in our video games.  It may be faked, but through these mediums we have become desensitized enough that a mere lethal injection will not drive home the point that you are trying to make.   

You can't seriously think that video games and movies can compare to the real thing. It's no comparison.

[Gabu]

Although lethal injection would not be as graphic as other forms of execution, it would still shocking. We are so shielded from death in our society. People die in hospitals and in private and dead from war are almost never shown on tv or in newspapers. I don't think we'd need brutal executions to get the point across.

We see death all the time in our movies and in our video games.  It may be faked, but through these mediums we have become desensitized enough that a mere lethal injection will not drive home the point that you are trying to make.   

You can't seriously think that video games and movies can compare to the real thing. It's no comparison.

I agree that seeing someone die in real life would not be able to compare to the real thing, but you have to remember that if you're watching someone die on TV (which I assume would be the case under Pay-Per-View executions), there really isn't that much difference in terms of what you see between movies and the real thing.

[memphis]

Although lethal injection would not be as graphic as other forms of execution, it would still shocking. We are so shielded from death in our society. People die in hospitals and in private and dead from war are almost never shown on tv or in newspapers. I don't think we'd need brutal executions to get the point across.

We see death all the time in our movies and in our video games.  It may be faked, but through these mediums we have become desensitized enough that a mere lethal injection will not drive home the point that you are trying to make.   

You can't seriously think that video games and movies can compare to the real thing. It's no comparison.

I agree that seeing someone die in real life would not be able to compare to the real thing, but you have to remember that if you're watching someone die on TV (which I assume would be the case under Pay-Per-View executions), there really isn't that much difference in terms of what you see between movies and the real thing.

I think knowing that it was real would make the TV experience far different. Your Fox Trot cartoon's hilarious, by the way.

[MaC]

bah, you guys don't realize 50 years ago it was unacceptable to watch Elvis swing his hips on tv.  Give it another 20 and death-per-veiw will be as common as the average porno.

[nclib]

I'd doubt it. Society has become more accepting of sexually explicit scenes on TV and less accepting of violence on TV, compared to 50 years ago.