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I'm sure the quote was taken out of context. Why don't we fly the Flock ceo out to clarify things?
I'd like to buy that man a beer. Unfortunately that would mean going to Tennessee, but still.
Tennessee is a stunning state. The politicians in it though...
Oh but when I say it...
Yep.
As best I can tell, .world policy is that you're only allowed to advocate for death if someone writes a news article about it, and then you post that article.
Deflock Defend Depose
I'd vote for him!
guillotine is faster and less cruel.
...why would we want that?
Efficiency.
D epartment
O f
G uillotine
E fficiency
?
Ah ok, because my other comment was moderated, it was saying that a hanging can be done properly such that it instantly snaps the neck, severs the spinal cord.
... and then my original comment also suggested that it would be a gosh darned shame if the hanging was not done properly.
Lets see if this comment remains unmoderated, and we can thus determine that .world only allows for descriptions of execution methods that are instant and non sarcastic.
And?
Hanging, when done correctly, is almost immediate death as well.
You should probably repost this on an instance where I can publicly agree with the sentiment.
I am pretty sure I have.
EDIT
Others have reposted it to yet more comms as well, it seems.
Let's see now...
HEY, I AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT IN OP'S ARTICLE!
Seconded
Based. Those who give up freedom in exchange for security deserve neither.
Founding Fathers didn't get everything right, but goddamnit they did on that one.
Of course only a Republican, who BROUGHT FLOCK TO POWER, would be so crass and hypocritical.
Make the gallows large enough for other CEOs, too.
You probably can't in Tennessee without legal changes or a convoluted set of court cases.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Tennessee
The method of execution is lethal injection, but a prisoner condemned before January 1, 1999, may choose to be electrocuted instead. Electrocution is also provided if lethal injection is found to be unconstitutional or if any drug necessary to carry it out is unavailable. If electrocution is found to be unconstitutional, state statutes then provide the use of "any constitutional method of execution".[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_in_the_United_States
Currently, only New Hampshire has a law specifying hanging as an available secondary method of execution, now only applicable to one person, who was sentenced to capital punishment by the state prior to its repeal in 2019.[3]
Its cute that you think this guy cares about carrying this out legally.
I remember first hearing about the rumblings of privacy issues with Flock - but could someone summarize or point to a good summary as to the why?
There are a metric shit-ton of companies spying on and tracking everyone and reselling that data, etc. Why is Flock in the crosshairs right now?
You know the database and AI 'enhanced', Minority Report style surveillance systems Palantir lets Israel use, to pinpoint track and murder Palestinians?
Flock is that, for the rest of us.
Gaza was the beta test.
I can think of quite a few more, if we want to make this a party.
Seems a bit harsh. Privately would be just fine.
Nah.
Personally I say we bring back drawing and quartering.
Publically, of course.
What, does it being public make it worse somehow?
Who cares about your public reputation, you'd be dead afterwards.
We should bring back boiling people in oil. We can do it during the Superbowl halftime show. Brought to you by Crisco!
Combine with the brazen bull.
Boil em alive, in oil, in the bull.
A sacrifice to the 'line go up' god.
The president is out there allegedly joking about committing genocide (military destruction of a civilization is an act of genocide if you didn't know btw), this guy can allegedly joke about hanging an unliked CEO
We can't be sure they got the right guy unless we see them do it in public. Otherwise they could just put up an AI video and say they did it, or hang an innocent mailroom guy and claim it was him.