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Originally Posted by EdgeXXX
No, it doesn't make it ok (or even forgiveable in my opinion). The point behind it is exactly the point you made in your second comment, this is EXTREMELY tame compared to what goes on everyday all over the world.
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The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice, William Brennan, Jr., described electrocutions in his dissent in Glass v. Louisiana (1985):
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Th[e] evidence suggests that death by electrical current is extremely violent and inflicts pain and indignities far beyond the 'mere extinguishment of life.' Witnesses routinely report that, when the switch is thrown, the condemned prisoner 'cringes,' 'leaps,' and 'fights the straps with amazing strength.' 'The hands turn red, then white, and the cords of the neck stand out like steel bands.' The prisoner's limbs, fingers, toes, and face are severely contorted. The force of the electrical current is so powerful that the prisoner's eyeballs sometimes pop out and 'rest on [his] cheeks.' The prisoner often defecates, urinates, and vomits blood and drool."
Brennan questioned whether electrocutions were "nothing less than the contemporary technological equivalent of burning people at the stake."
Oh well, who cares about them anyways?
PS. Off to see Fox News. CYA all later.