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I would pay to have him dead... I would like to see the exact question they asked, presumably it was straight forward but these polls always make me a bit suspicious.
(Keeping in mind I think TV execuition is a ridiculously sick idea).
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True. My point was though that it is possible (possible, not for sure, or even likely I recognize) that people thought that's what the question meant.
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I'm wondering what the cross section of people are that they polled for the survey. I'd think that the number of people who'd want to watch Osama bite it would be higher, say in NYC than in California (or something to that effect).
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there was a guy in my Socials 11 class that kept drawing pictures of tractors running over Bin Laden on the board...I don't understand that kind of hatred...needless to say I am very far from that 21%
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No I would not want to watch anyone die. I never have understood the families of murder victims wanting to watch executions. Then again, I allow that I might feel differently if I were in that situation.
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I had a kid once that drew a pic of bin laden then stabbed it with red marker it was disturbing
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I have a really difficult time believing that a kid would draw something like that on his or her own out of anger. I don't have another explanation for it, but I can't imagine that sort of hatred.
As for the poll... How many people would want to murder bin Laden themselves, if given the chance?
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I think, if I got angry enough, I might pay to watch someone die. Or more likely pay to kill them. At least, I acknowledge the possibility that I could hate someone so much-though I'm quite happy to avoid it.
How do we know Osama bin Laden isn't dead? I'm not saying I believe he is, but I think it's quite possible he's been buried in rubble or annihilated somewhere.
As to the question, though, I would not pay to watch Osama bin Laden die. I would, on the other hand, pay to have him killed. As has been pointed out, I already am and have zero problem with that.
Edit: And it's my belief that anyone who 'doesn't understand that kind of hatred' hasn't experienced enough yet. I think anyone can be, through certain experiences, pushed into that kind of hatred.
quote:I think, if I got angry enough, I might pay to watch someone die. Or more likely pay to kill them. At least, I acknowledge the possibility that I could hate someone so much-though I'm quite happy to avoid it. . . .
Edit: And it's my belief that anyone who 'doesn't understand that kind of hatred' hasn't experienced enough yet. I think anyone can be, through certain experiences, pushed into that kind of hatred.
Well put. (Even for a goober who didn't join us aat the Renaissance Festival.)
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Well that's a complicated question, actually.
I go to college in Washington, D.C.
I'm from the Philadelphia area, really, but my dad lives in Easton, PA.
My mom and my sister currently live in South Florida....but my parents aren't divorced. They're down there so my sister can pursure her golf career -- she wants to play in college.
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Isn't this like the glass-half-empty way of saying that 79% of the people wouldn't? Isn't it great to be so morally superior that we can expect only one nation to have absolutely no morally ambiguous types?
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No, not unless I were invited to be some kind of official witness to the execution but had to provide my own airfare. But definitely not in a pay-per-view cable scenario. Then again, I've never used pay-per-view for anything.
Oh, wait a second, I thought this said Saddam Hussein. Oh well. Doesn't really influence my answer.
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I wouldn't want to watch anyone die at the hands of another, much less pay for the privilege.
If Bin Laden is guilty of orchestrating 9-11, then he should definitely be brought to justice. I have no problem with that. If he is found worthy of death, so be it. But I won't watch, especially not with blood lust.
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Would I pay? No. If it were broadcast and I received it, would I record it? Hell yes.
I know that doesn't live up to all you morally superior people, but maybe someday I'll be as enlightened as you.
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If I demand that he be executed (which I do) then what kind of a citizen am I if I'm NOT willing to watch what I've demanded to see happen? Those of us who support capital punishment have a moral obligation to look upon the product of our stance.
So, yeah. I wouldn't pay, but I'd watch it. I wouldn't like watching it, but I would.
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You know, in my bioethics class there was a video we had the option of watching that included footage of Dr. Kevorkian euthanizing someone. It wasn't a pleasant thing to watch, but I still found myself glued to the screen with a sense of morbid curiosity, as did the rest of the class. It really was quite the experience. Would I pay to repeat the experience? No. If I was channel flipping and I saw it happening? I don't know… I might just be overcome with that same curiosity.
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I cannot say I would pay to see someone killed. That's blood money. No way.
However, I would avidly watch someone die. I desperately wonder what that moment is like when someone slips this mortal coil. What can I learn from death? How can I prepare for what that moment comes for me?
People used to be at deathbeds all the time. Is it holy? Is it awesome and scary, like being at a birth? I want to know.
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I wouldn't pay and I wouldn't want to see, hear or listen to people who had seen, or even paid. End of discussion.
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:waves at Teshi, mouthing words she cannot hear:
That's pretty dismissive, don't you think? I haven't said I would watch out of some prurient desire to be titillated by pain, but because as a citizen who's chosen to support this execution, I have a DUTY to not be squeamish about what I'm supporting. I will look it in the face without flinching, unhappy that it must be done, but certain that it must.
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Watching Bin Laden die would be a very symbolic thing for many people--kind of a triumph over evil or fear. Capturing Saddam seemed to have that kind of effect.
I wish killing Bin Laden (especially on live TV) would end the kind of hateful acts he is accused of instigating, but I really doubt it would.
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*smacks forehead* Yeah, well, in my defense I was working...OK, I'm tapped out on making lame excuses. Wish I coulda been there:(
David is correct in pointing out, I think, that if one supports capital punishment, squeamishness concerning the actual execution is a bit...well, questionable. I still maintain that people who cannot fathom wanting to watch someone die are fortunate that they haven't experienced the sorts of things that can lead to that desire.
PS Not just a person, but a specific person.
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Of course, There's a good possibility that I won't make rent this month, so apparantly at least 21% of Americans have far moer disposable income than little ole me.
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