I had a political science professor talk about working in a campaign with a politician who tried to make a compromise with people for or against the death penalty.

The compromise was that inmates given a life sentence would be offered a lethal pill that they could take at any time. I think he said the idea was that they would have it in their cell to use at any time.

That shit sounded fucking wild to me, but I was like 18 at the time and didn't know why I felt that way.

Looking back now, the psychological torture of being imprisoned for life with a pill like that would be immense and immoral as fuck.

Anyway, that's just one from me. What about the rest of you?

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Texas, so the professor probably didn't think of himself as a southerner but as a Texan,

      but the texas brainworms are as big as texas, so

      • AlexandairBabeuf [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        should've let sherman do a march through texas, as a treat

        that would've ruined texas' lovely distinction of surrendering with no union troops in its borders tho, lol