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I agree he shouldn't have done it but death penalty for frying a hamster? Bit extreme

If this guy is willing to fry a cute little hamster, who knows what else he might decide to sizzle someday? Your children? People like that shouldn't be walking the streets

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Midlander

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Source?

People need to know that killing things 'unnecessarily' isn't good, and I can't think of a better deterrent (or learning tool) than the death penalty.

It's the circle of life, isn't it? Kill and be killed, that's all

It isn't necessary to stomp on spiders but some people do it. Guess we should have them all shot (the people, not the spider).

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Original post by Ice Constricter

If someone killed my pet tarantula would they deserve death?

Yeah, no-one should be above the law

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GarethEvans

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So the best deterrent to prevent killing is to kill?

Logical...

Has that worked in the U.S? No.

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Reply 64

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Original post by Midlander

It isn't necessary to stomp on spiders but some people do it. Guess we should have them all shot (the people, not the spider).

If there's evidence of them stomping on them, then sure

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Original post by GarethEvans

So the best deterrent to prevent killing is to kill?

Logical...

Can you think of a better way to punish murderers and deter would-be murderers in one fell swoop?

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Midlander

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If this guy is willing to fry a cute little hamster, who knows what else he might decide to sizzle someday? Your children? People like that shouldn't be walking the streets

So if he'd killed a hideous rat it would've been fine?

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GarethEvans

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Can you think of a better way to punish murderers and deter would-be murderers in one fell swoop?

Has it worked in any other country?

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Ice Constricter

Original post by DentalLondon

You can not compare a lobster to a hamster........, is like comparing a snail and a horse

No it isn't.

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Midlander

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Can you think of a better way to punish murderers and deter would-be murderers in one fell swoop?

People still commit murder in countries who have always held execution as the punishment.

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+ polarity -

Original post by Midlander

So if he'd killed a hideous rat it would've been fine?

Don't put words in my mouth, murder is murder so no it wouldn't have been fine

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Midlander

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Don't put words in my mouth, murder is murder so no it wouldn't have been fine

I swatted a fly last year. Better get that noose ready.

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Ice Constricter

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Yeah, no-one should be above the law

So what punishment would you reserve for people that murder other humans? Unless you now think killing humans and tarantulas are on the same scale.

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Original post by Midlander

People still commit murder in countries who have always held execution as the punishment.

But it could be so much worse without this punishment!

Original post by GarethEvans

Has it worked in any other country?

I don't know, Japan seems to have a fairly low murder rate

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Original post by Ice Constricter

So what punishment would you reserve for people that murder other humans? Unless you now think killing humans and tarantulas are on the same scale.

Death penalty, obviously.

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Midlander

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Death penalty, obviously.

Thing is that the executioner is killing somebody so we'd better execute them too until everybody's been killed. Bloody humans.

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Original post by Midlander

Thing is that the executioner is killing somebody so we'd better execute them too until everybody's been killed. Bloody humans.

You could always make a robot do it. An automated guillotine, perhaps.

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jblackmoustache

I'd have liked to see him survive if he studied in Leeds

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Ice Constricter

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Death penalty, obviously.

What about an ant? Hell, why stop there, what about bacteria cells? :lol:

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Original post by Ice Constricter

What about an ant? Hell, why stop there, what about bacteria cells? :lol:

How will you know if you killed the bacteria? The police have bigger things to deal with, the cost of forensics would be absurd - let's be realistic now!