Comments on: Genius

By: jane

jane — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:25:25 +0000

How about a slight variation: the referendum takes place, and all the names of people who vote in favour are kept in a file. Then, if a “yes-voter” commits a capital offence, they are executed. Those who voted no, but go on to commit capital offences, and imprisoned as per the status quo. Live by the sword…

By: Smokewriting: Another Fine Edition of Me

Smokewriting: Another Fine Edition of Me — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:34:53 +0000

[…] First, what must be close to the definitive response to any enthusiasm for a return to capital punishment, especially from those who find themselves agreeing with champion fascistolibertarian Peter Hitchens on the utilitarian virtue of killing the odd innocent citizen in the name of deterrence. […]

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:08:12 +0000

The No voters have their own lottery rather more frequently. That one is for the person who would have been a subsequent victim of a time-served murderer.

By: Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:25:52 +0000

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By: Murk

Murk — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:09:36 +0000

‘but then if it was proved that the 1st executee had been guilty after all would one of us no voters have to be killed?’

Erm, no. The no voters took the view that capital punishment was unacceptable, they would have been overruled by the ‘yes’ crowd.

The vote would have to be renewed every few years or we’d run out of ‘yes’ voters through old age.

By: Bernie Hughes

Bernie Hughes — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:23:58 +0000

The Armando Ianucci (sp?) bit about the Contrarian Party was very amusing also.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:57:13 +0000

but then if it was proved that the 1st executee had been guilty after all would one of us no voters have to be killed?

By: Jonn

Jonn — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:29:07 +0000

I’ve felt for a while that every time someone is evicted on Big Brother, the sound of gunfire and screams should be played within the house.

Then BB could go eerily silent.

It’d rock.

By: piers

piers — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:20:41 +0000

A colleeague and i came up with the idea for a show, Celebrity Execution ™ where the likes of peter andre were sent to Burma with coke in their bag, then we could watch the execution on live reality tv. I think you’ll all agree the audience would break all records.