Whether you're in favour or against the death penalty, the way this is dealt with on American television is pretty tasteless, to say the least. Calling the segment "Date with Death" (with its own logo!), a countdown to the execution and all the rest of it - I find that slightly disturbing. Surely there is a more dignified way of reporting on an execution.
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The media only cares about ratings and nothing else. While it wasn't an execution, just look at the Casey Anthony trial for an example. Whether or not she was actually innocent, the media demonized her from the start and threw the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" out the window. Why? Because it got ratings. So the media turned the whole case into a sideshow, because America likes sensationalism, legal procedures and dignity be damned. Those latter two things don't bring in viewers.
Most of America is also very pro-death penalty, unfortunately. People cheered at Rick Perry telling how many people he helped execute, for God's sake. How classy. Whether or not you support executions, (I dont), I think anybody with an ounce of humanity would realize it's not something to cheer about.
But that's America for you. :/
The death penalty is the special and eternal sign of barbarism.
Wherever the death penalty is lavished, barbarism dominates, wherever the death penalty is rare, civilization prevails.
Rick Perry as some other ppl is a little boy who really wanted to kill something, but he cant; so now he tries to experience that feeling... safely.
Couldn't agree with you more. I moved to the United States when I was 10 and I've lived here for 20 years now and I still can't get used to some of their "strange practices" and glamorizing the death penalty is one of them. Not sure why taking someone's life (whether they deserve it or not) is something that needs to be shown to the mass media as if it's a Broadway play or some other form of entertainment. I know there are good people in this country but things like this make me ashamed of where I live.
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