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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 41 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Only a couple of posts above Trump's ally Kirk said children should see executions lmao. These two charmfully synchronized.

[–] jwt@programming.dev 15 points 7 months ago

They're two sides of the same coin. Y'all Qaeda living up to its name once more.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago

Special guest star: Charlie Kirk

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

religion sucks ass

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That article is referencing some 1999 sources and hoping nobody clicks them.

Not seeing any evidence of the claim. The video is irrelevant too. Anyone here got something more credible?

[–] poplargrove@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

The link to an article from 1999 refers to an entirely different case where a woman was executed during the previous rule of Afganistan by the Taliban. It isnt being used as evidence for this event.

I'm not sure why you dismiss the Independent but here's the AP reporting the same: https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-public-execution-stadium-73a175aef085f26bd6b574465be34c6f

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[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I am not here to debate whether public executions are right or wrong but

“Carrying out executions in public adds to the inherent cruelty of the death penalty and can only have a dehumanising effect on the victim and a brutalising effect on those who witness the executions,”

If brutalizing here means people are gonna be shit scared after watching this when even thinking about killing someone, then this is a very bad argument

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 43 points 7 months ago (48 children)

It does not reduce murder or crime in general - but it DOES devalue human life

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[–] Shard@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (5 children)

No. What happens is the spectators get severely desensitized to violence. Especially if the spectators are young malleable teenagers. And suddenly sawing someone's head off in front of a live broadcast becomes just another day on the job.

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[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (8 children)

The brutalizing effect is the opposite: by seeing this kind of violence, people are more likely to normalize it and engage in violence themselves. That's the hypothesis, anyway.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago

never mind the fact that the taliban also does this for sexual assault victims and gay people not just murderers.....

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