# I pit the morons who applaud people be executed in Texas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539 "2011-09-16T17:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/41 "2011-09-17T05:14:56Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > So curlcoat, are you implying you wouldn’t love a baby, since obviously it hasn’t done anything to earn your love? Or how about someone born with down syndrome or other severe mental deficiency? Would you be incapable of love for someone like that? Could you be capable of loving a child who hasn’t come to understand anything about life or return your love? If you can, why stop with just babies? Do you love your family automatically or do they have to earn it? If so, why stop at just your family? Why not love everyone? You are assuming that love is always earned - it isn’t. Respect is earned, but sometimes love just happens. As for why not love everyone, it’s because there are people who I don’t find lovable. Simple as that. Which includes my family FWIW. I really don’t get why you expect that I should love everyone, even convicted axe murders. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/42 "2011-09-17T05:24:53Z")
What’s with the fucking care-bear attitude. I don’t love babies; I don’t love “someone born with down syndrome or other severe mental deficiency”. I don’t love people just because they are people. I can count the number of babies I’ve loved (get your minds out of the gutter people) on the fingers of one hand. The rest - meh. If there are 7,000,000,000 people in the world, I will not ever meet ~6,999,999,000 of them. I have no reason to love them by any definition of the word. And of the ~1,000 I meet, I’m not going to love over ~99% of them. And anyone who thinks they “love” me just because I share this ball of water and dirt with them…well, you just haven’t gotten to know me. Give me 10 minutes and you’ll be cheering for my execution. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/43 "2011-09-17T05:29:46Z")
This is the Dope, sure as hell some asshole would post “Hey, a Doper got executed! Really, what are **D\_Odds**?” ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/44 "2011-09-17T05:30:13Z")
They aren’t cheering the death penalty they are just supporting the States right to choose ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/45 "2011-09-17T05:52:39Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > You know what? Shut the fuck up because you’re a moron. > > I am personally opposed to the death penalty. Even for black people (you insufferable race-baiting nit.) Shut the fuck up right back at you. The Republican Party has destroyed America, we will never recover from the Bush’s war of terror. What a coincidence that the Pubbies always seem to support blowing up brown people. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/46 "2011-09-17T07:17:17Z")
I’d probably support the death penalty in a justice system that was equitable and reliable. America’s isn’t. Those who think conviction of innocents is uncommon should read a book like _Actual Innocence: When Justice Goes Wrong and How to Make it Right_. > [@drewtwo99](#): > > … during the republican debate when the question was brought up about how Texas has sent over 200 people to death for Governor Perry, people started APPLAUDING and CHEERING in the middle of the question. > … FUCK YOU! It makes me so angry that people can honestly feel so good about killing other people. I’m constantly annoyed on this Board by right-wingers who, confronted by their hypocrisies and evil, insist that today’s right-wingers are somehow morally or intellectually comparable to today’s centrists and liberals, just with different prejudices. OP’s example shows that the voter sentiments ruining America are filthy and savage. Right-wing prattle that “both sides are equally stupid” is just hypocrisy. (I realize some right-wingers are good-spirited and intelligent. It’s too bad they don’t distance themselves from their swinish supporters, but of course they realize they can’t win elections without such swine.) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/47 "2011-09-17T11:16:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > This is the Dope, sure as hell some asshole would post “Hey, a Doper got executed! Really, what are **D\_Odds**?” I would hope I had them in the “Run for the Lillies” (or death pool or whatever it is called). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/48 "2011-09-17T15:17:57Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I would hope I had them in the “Run for the Lillies” (or death pool or whatever it is called). It’s agin the rules. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/49 "2011-09-17T15:20:23Z")
I hope you know it is almost Sunday and you have already ruined my day 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pikey\_pete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/50 "2011-09-17T16:29:52Z")
to paraphrase Carlin, there is one big upside to all these executions in Texas: fewer Texans. too bad they couldn’t get Rick strapped down before he made it to the governors mansion. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/51 "2011-09-17T18:00:30Z")
Many presume to speak for the families of those who have been murdered. But there are lots of cases of a relatives communicating with the jailed murderer and forgiving them. Many are really religious and don’t seek vengeance. [The United Methodist Church](http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=5379) Those who are able to forgive are the real religious ones. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/52 "2011-09-17T18:14:25Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Shut the fuck up right back at you. The Republican Party has destroyed America, we will never recover from the Bush’s war of terror. What a coincidence that the Pubbies always seem to support blowing up brown people. Yep, you’re a moron. And…was Bin Laden brown? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/53 "2011-09-17T18:29:04Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > Yep, you’re a moron. > > And…was Bin Laden brown? Yes. Brown is used to indicate Latinos, Middle Easterners, South Asians, and South East Asians. It’s an all around useful slur. Not taking a side, just clarifying. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/54 "2011-09-17T19:25:18Z")
[http://www.willsworld.com/~mvfhr/forgivingunforgivable.htm](http://www.willsworld.com/~mvfhr/forgivingunforgivable.htm) The revenge seekers will not understand. Often the execution is a traumatic experience that leaves the family of the victim, feeling unrewarded and empty. Execution is based in mans basest and least evolved emotions and thought processes. We should not do it in America. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/55 "2011-09-17T20:13:52Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I hope you know it is almost Sunday and you have already ruined my day 🙂 Sorry, Dude. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/56 "2011-09-17T21:23:06Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > Yep, you’re a moron. > > And…was Bin Laden brown? I thought I told you to shut the fuck up, there are no backsies on that. Are you unfamiliar with the Republicans Southern Strategy which explicitly tried to tap into white working class racism in the south to win votes? Did you know that support for the death penalty is part of the Republican party platform? Did you know that the Republican party has made preventing gays from having the right to marry a central theme of their elections? Now who’s the moron? It’s you, btw. And please stay shut the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/57 "2011-09-17T21:48:43Z")
Unless, of course, to announce repentance and contrition. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/58 "2011-09-17T22:03:39Z")
If one does not ascribe a basic value to all people, even those one has not met or who have not earned one’s personal respect, then why the enthusiasm to punish their murderers? Maybe the victims were “shitty people” too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/59 "2011-09-17T22:34:41Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > If one does not ascribe a basic value to all people, even those one has not met or who have not earned one’s personal respect, then why the enthusiasm to punish their murderers? Maybe the victims were “shitty people” too. :rolleyes: Did someone express enthusiasm to punish murderers of people they don’t know? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539/60 "2011-09-17T23:07:51Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Now who’s the moron? You. Still. On so many levels it defies definition. I don’t expect that to change anytime soon. It would seem that a message board that holds itself out to cater to a clientele that is a ‘cut above the rest’ intelligence-wise would have an auto-ban feature for nitwits such as yourself. Does your tinfoil beanie have a propeller on it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-morons-who-applaud-people-be-executed-in-texas/596539.md?page=4)