Could you be an executioner

Sunnyisland · 13-02-2011 07:11PM #1

I see a lot angry posts claiming :they/he should be shot: so who hear would take the job of actually pulling the trigger,tying the rope,pulling the switch,chopping there head off, it would take a lot of courage and strong will to become an executioner who is up for the job,

Ps personally i dont agree with capital punishment so i am out.

Kasabian · 13-02-2011 07:13PM

Depends on the money.

Celly Smunt · 13-02-2011 07:13PM

are you recruiting?

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 13-02-2011 07:14PM

I think I could do it in the right circumstances.

Pauleta · 13-02-2011 07:15PM

It wouldnt bother me as long as i was getting paid. The 1st time would probably be awkward but you would get used to it. Id do it for 25k a year, no weekends and 5 weeks a year holiday.

Wibbs · 13-02-2011 07:15PM

Yep. I am a psycho Nazi though. It's quite a technical job though. hanging certainly is. Get it wrong and they could twitch at the end of the rope, or have their head come off(as a couple of the Iraqi bungled ones did).

Sunnyisland · 13-02-2011 07:16PM

pmcmahon wrote: »

are you recruiting?

Well a lot of people here talk the walk how many would walk the walk

(did i say that right):D

pwd · 13-02-2011 07:17PM

Not me.
This kind of institutional violence is far more disturbing than murder.

Max Power1 · 13-02-2011 07:18PM

Of course... plenty do it in america, maybe ill emigrate!

Celly Smunt · 13-02-2011 07:18PM

realies wrote: »

Well a lot of people here talk the walk how many would walk the walk

(did i say that right):D

need some loose ends tightened? it's just business to me

Micky Dolenz · 13-02-2011 07:19PM

Sure who wouldn't be grateful of a job.

o1s1n · 13-02-2011 07:19PM

I wish I was Judge Judy Executioner

Oranage2 · 13-02-2011 07:20PM

Think of all the fame - "Here comes the EXECUTIONER" - AAAAARRRGGGGGHHHH - "I sentence you to, DEATH BY MACHINE GUN"

JamJamJamJam · 13-02-2011 07:20PM

No, I don't think so. I'd get to the point where I'm just about to swing my axe or whatever and I couldn't go through with it

pwd · 13-02-2011 07:22PM

I dont think it would take courage at all tbh. I think it would require detachment.

I've read research where they bang on about how sociopaths make ideal combat soldiers. The average IQ of a common combat soldier is 80. The average IQ of a sociopathic common soldier is 100.

Going off-topic, but my point is that this type of work is best suited for sociopaths - or stupid people when sociopaths aren't available.

galwayrush · 13-02-2011 07:22PM

We need Judge Dredd.

pragmatic1 · 13-02-2011 07:29PM

pwd wrote: »

I dont think it would take courage at all tbh. I think it would require detachment.

I've read research where they bang on about how sociopaths make ideal combat soldiers. The average IQ of a common combat soldier is 80. The average IQ of a sociopathic common soldier is 100.

Going off-topic, but my point is that this type of work is best suited for sociopaths - or stupid people when sociopaths aren't available.

Why would you say sociopaths make better soldiers?

Celly Smunt · 13-02-2011 07:30PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Why would you say sociopaths make better soldiers?

lower sense of conscience perhaps

Snakeblood · 13-02-2011 07:31PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Yep. I am a psycho Nazi though. It's quite a technical job though. hanging certainly is. Get it wrong and they could twitch at the end of the rope, or have their head come off(as a couple of the Iraqi bungled ones did).

I think the head coming off would be a good sign that the execution will take.

Kasabian · 13-02-2011 07:35PM

I said I would depending on the money but really I wouldn't. I watched the execution of Saddam Hussien and I must say I felt sick, feeling like that for a tyrant means that I couldn't possibly do it.

Corsendonk · 13-02-2011 07:40PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Why would you say sociopaths make better soldiers?

Better soldiers in combat, they kill without thought, lots of research into killing in war time. I remember one bit of research into people who had killed in WW2 as soldiers, they estimated that only 1% had the ability to kill and kill again while the rest would suffer from guilt.

theg81der · 13-02-2011 07:41PM

Give me 5 minutes with anyone who hurts a child......so Yes but depending on circumstances.

sgb · 13-02-2011 07:51PM

Never. Capital punishment is WRONG

maglite · 13-02-2011 07:55PM

in these recessionary times.............

barbarians · 13-02-2011 07:57PM

I believe I could.
If they've been found guilty of a horrendous crime by a proper jury in a proper court then yeah I'd have no scruples about pulling the switch,trigger or injecting people like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy or giving the likes of Jeffrey Dahmer what they deserve.
(unfortunately the last was murdered before he made it to the executioner)

Fremen · 13-02-2011 08:00PM

Depends. Do I get to munge the corpse afterwards?

Naikon · 13-02-2011 08:09PM

What are the job perks? Besides carrying out state sanctioned murder, of course.

zero19 · 13-02-2011 08:11PM

I wouldn't mind doing it, i require a dental plan though.

dilbert2 · 13-02-2011 08:19PM

realies wrote: »

I see a lot angry posts claiming :they/he should be shot: so who hear would take the job of actually pulling the trigger,tying the rope,pulling the switch,chopping there head off, it would take a lot of courage and strong will to become an executioner who is up for the job,

Ps personally i dont agree with capital punishment so i am out.

No, execution is a barbaric and outdated concept. Also one should not forget the scope for error - many innocent people have gone to the gallows etc in the past that were later found to be innocent.

bonerm · 13-02-2011 08:23PM

realies wrote: »

Well a lot of people here talk the walk how many would walk the walk

(did i say that right):D

No, it's talk the talk.

Yes I would btw, tho I would expect to have weekends off.

RichieC · 13-02-2011 08:26PM

No, I like to look in the mirror from time to time. I also like sleep.

Could you be an executioner

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