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Three top nitrogen gas manufacturers in US bar products from use in executions
(www.theguardian.com)
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This is an honest question. In the US we probably put down thousands of household pets each month. Many of them have their owners right there beside them holding their paw. It isn't tramatic for the pet or the owner.
How can it be this difficult for us to humanely execute a human?
Because we're kill our pets out of love, and we kill inmates out of hate. Humane treatment isn't difficult, the cruelty is intentional.
So long as were still using the barbaric practice of state-sanctioned murder, the practice itself will remain barbaric. The only solution is to eliminate the death penalty like the rest of the civilized western world.
There are plenty of options to 'put down' a human as well, but most of those require medical expertise to administer.
Medical personnel generally frown upon the whole idea of putting people down, so they're not really an option
That was explained in the post: drug manufacturers are careful who they sell to and they do their best to prevent their products from being used in executions.
If a human chooses euthanasia because of endless and needless suffering, say stage 4 cancer, that sort of thing, I'll sit right next to them, hold their hand too.
When we execute a human, it's a different story and as I wrote this I wonder if I really have to explain the difference between euthanasia and an execution...?
You're missing the point. The question was, "how is it medically different" rather than, "how is it morally different"
The moral question is still the issue, though. The original question was asking how is it so difficult to humanely execute a human.
It's difficult only because of the difference between execution and euthanasia. The drug companies argue that execution is inhumane and euthanasia is humane.
As a result, they have made it harder to execute people while making the process of euthanasia as painless as possible.
You asked how it's different to kill a human than a pet. Medically speaking there isn't, really, so you get the moral answer
I'm sorry I really don't understand what your point is.
The question is why does execution have to be so awful, and your answer is because it's an execution. But that doesn't really answer the question, is execution of punishment or is it just a method to get rid of dangerous individuals? If it's a method to get rid of dangerous individuals then there's no reason for it to be unpleasant.
If it's a punishment then wouldn't the great a punishment be life in prison. Where they have to deal with it every day, rather than getting out early?
It's neither. The dangerous individuals have already been removed from society so killing them is unnecessary. And, as you've pointed out, a life sentence is a much better punishment so executions aren't about punishment. It's not a deterrent, as some advocates suggest, since the homicide rate is higher in states with the death penalty than those without.
Ultimately, the purpose of executions seems to be revenge. I think there's more nuance than that but every time I attempt to express it I discover that I can't do so succinctly. I sincerely apologize to anyone that might read this and feel like I'm misrepresenting their position.
If you find killing humans not unpleasant just because those human beings are bad then you might want to get a psychiatric checkup
The answer is that anyone with a medical degree will not participate in any way, even in an advisory capacity.