A firing squad? Really? As if Polygamy and the Mormon faith in general weren't R-tarded enough, now Utah displays its on the cutting edge of 17th century technology by executing Ronnie Lee Gardner, a man convicted of murdering a lawyer, by firing squad. I'm not sure exactly why lawyer murdering warrants death, as opposed to a medal, but nonetheless, Utah sure strapped some much needed pizazz to what would normally be a less than prime time TV ready form of execution, lethal injection.
Fearing that one or two bullets wouldn't be enough, Utah used five marksmen, though one was armed with the ultra deadly "blank" round, so as to make it impossible to single out who actually killed Ronnie, though all 5 of them clearly had the will, knowing there was an 80% chance that they would have a live round in the chamber. If there is a god, I'm sure he'll be completely fooled. Utah convicted one killer, and created 5 more in the process. Which of the three Kingdoms of Glory do those who ignore the sanctity of life get into?
Not that I feel sorry for him. I couldn't care less if murderers die, just like I don't care if ants die, but the principle of holding human life as sacred should trump the emotional desire to kill murderers. The death penalty makes us just as callous as the people we are punishing. Our response to their lack of respect for life, is our own lack of respect for it. It amazes me that we manage to form and maintain societies at all. We must posses a center in the brain that allows a tremendous amount of resignation for our own hypocrisy. I blame the feminine side.
Link to story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/ap_on_re_us/us_utah_firing_squad
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