# Who gets to strangle this bastard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884 "2000-03-16T13:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/1 "2000-03-16T13:16:00Z")
[http://www.foxnews.com/world/031600/pakistan\_killer.sml](http://www.foxnews.com/world/031600/pakistan_killer.sml) * * * * * * * * * I’m living so beyong my income that we may almost said to be living apart -e e cummings (note: I inserted a line break in the asterisks. Lynn) [Note: This message has been edited by Lynn Bodoni] ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/2 "2000-03-16T13:23:00Z")
Shirley, darlin’…please clean up your sig line. Just kill off a few of those \*\*\*\*\* and we wont have to scroll back and forth. Re the op. I have no words. What a sick peice of crap. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/3 "2000-03-16T13:29:00Z")
Errrrm Kells? What sort of monitor do you have? A 5 inch? ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/4 "2000-03-16T13:31:00Z")
I think the form of execution the judge presented is very appropriate. * * * _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/5 "2000-03-16T13:40:00Z")
Cleaned up the sig line, only for you kelli 🙂 Anyways, who is the executioner for this criminal? Strangling, to me, though he deserves it, would be a little to personal way to kill someone. * * * I’m living so beyong my income that we may almost said to be living apart -e e cummings ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/6 "2000-03-16T13:47:00Z")
You’re thinking of STRANGLING-strangling, **Shirl,** like from STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and the Mummy movies. Strangling-as-Capital-Punishment historically utilizes the _garotte._ The miscreant is strapped down into a big chair, a metal collar is fastened around the throat, and the executioner stands behind him and turns a screw until he chokes. See Irwin S. Cobb’s short story “Faith, Hope, and Charity.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/7 "2000-03-16T13:58:00Z")
Shirley, I must confess I’ve never read e e cummings. Is it “beyong”; or “beyond”? OP, I’m leaning toward the anti-capital-punishment side. But it seems that there are just some people who need killing. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/8 "2000-03-16T14:04:00Z")
Thanks Shirl. I think those kids’ parents ought to get to each take a turn at the screw. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/9 "2000-03-16T14:16:00Z")
What a sick f\*\*\*er. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/10 "2000-03-16T14:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Ukulele Ike: > **See Irwin S. Cobb’s short story "Faith, Hope, and Charity."** The three escaped death-row convicts who each gets what’s coming to them anyway? A classic! - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/11 "2000-03-16T14:26:00Z")
Yep…the Spaniard escapes garotting, which he lovingly describes for the benefit of the Frenchman and the Italian. Cobb saves the Spaniard’s fate for last…slowly strangling in the hot sun, in the grip of the drying hides. [delicious shiver] ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Dirty\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Devil)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/12 "2000-03-16T17:23:00Z")
[Slight Hi-jack] The guy’s first name is the same as my middle name. In the 29 years that I’ve been on this here planet, I’ve _never_ seen that name in print anywhere. Kinda’ weird. [/Slight Hi-jack] ## Re. OP - Kill the guy. How it’s done is of little importance. She said: “I know you and you cannot sing.” I said: “That’s nothing - you should hear me play piano.” ---
**Author:** ![SkySlash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SkySlash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkySlash)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/13 "2000-03-16T17:31:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by kellibelli: > \*\* > I think those kids’ parents ought to get to each take a turn at the screw.\*\* I couldn’t possibly agree with that statement more! * * * In my limited experience, I’ve discovered everyone is an idiot until they’ve prove themselves otherwise! -SS ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/14 "2000-03-16T17:44:00Z")
I **disagree!** I think this guy should be boiled in acid _first_, then strangled & cut into a hundred pieces. And the executioner should get hazard pay. ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/15 "2000-03-17T06:18:00Z")
I think the sentence is VERY appropriate. I sincerely hope it doesn’t get overturned. If they do go through with it, I’d like a turn of that screw myself. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/16 "2000-03-17T06:29:00Z")
OK, just to counteract all the blood-thirsty people here, I’ll chime in to say I oppose the death penalty in any case. The most basic human right is the right to life, and you don’t lose that however much of a criminal you are. (Not starting a debate, just presenting another point of view.) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/17 "2000-03-17T06:33:00Z")
How many want to bet that Amnesty International will jump on this sicko’s bandwagon to save him from such a terrible sentance being carried out? Personally, I think this country is a little soft on crime and punishment, but that is neither here nor there. If I had my druthers ( as it is, I’m fresh out of druthers at the moment.) this SOB would have his eyes poked out, then each body part cut off, then dropped on acid, but not enough for him to die. Then hung. * * * As for spelling errors. My apologies. I am quite anal about spelling, HOWEVER, being that as of right now when I am on line, I am usually breastfeeding at the same time AND therefore, typing with one hand. And no, I won’t go blind… ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/18 "2000-03-17T06:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Shirley Ujest: > How many want to bet that Amnesty International will jump on this sicko’s bandwagon to save him from such a terrible sentance being carried out? Yes we will. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/19 "2000-03-17T06:39:00Z")
But I wouldn’t characterize it as “jumping on his bandwagon”, just doing our bit to help protect basic human rights. (Sorry, hit the Reply button too soon.) ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884/20 "2000-03-17T06:46:00Z")
It could be argued (successfully, I think), Arnold, that this . . . creature’s actions have proven him to fall outside the definition of “human”, and that, as such, he has no claim to human rights. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-to-strangle-this-bastard/14884.md?page=2)