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China's new hit TV show: Death row interviews
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Posted on 03/04/2012 12:25:46 PM PST by jmc813
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posted on
03/04/2012 12:25:55 PM PST
by
jmc813
To: jmc813
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posted on
03/04/2012 12:28:04 PM PST
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life or nothing at all)
To: advance_copy
Aint communism grand?
So I guess you're against capital punishment. Either that or you're a Communist.
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posted on
03/04/2012 12:36:47 PM PST
by
Cheburashka
(If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
To: Cheburashka; advance_copy
There’s a big difference between supporting capital punishment as a tool of justice & supporting capital punishment as fodder for trash TV entertainment shows.
To: advance_copy
You are aware that the PRC is not communist in philosophy any more, aren’t you? Or are you stuck in the 1950s?
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posted on
03/04/2012 12:44:19 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: jmc813
I think I’ll pop some corn and wait for the seriously misguided come and defend this practice.
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posted on
03/04/2012 12:54:12 PM PST
by
Melas
(u)
To: jmc813
WOW!
On American “Reality” shows people act like sluts (can I say that here?) and are glamorized for their behavior.
In China they get put to death.
That’s a tough crowd!
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posted on
03/04/2012 12:54:33 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(Celebrating 17,138 replies of dubious quality!)
To: Cheburashka
So I guess you're against capital punishment. Either that or you're a Communist.Did you read the whole article? And are you aware of the types of offenses China will use capital punishment for? Here's a small excerpt. Disgusting stuff.
In one scene, a prisoner in his 20s falls to his knees before his parents, who have been allowed to see him. He pleads: Father, I was wrong. Im sorry. Moments later, his parents see him about to be led away to his death. His distraught mother apologises for beating him once as a child and implores her son: Go peacefully. Its following governments orders. Prison officers then push her aside and drag him away.
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posted on
03/04/2012 12:55:28 PM PST
by
jmc813
To: jmc813
“Bao Rongting, an openly gay man who was condemned to death for murdering his mother and then violating her dead body.”
“Sum Ting Wong?” Ding Yu
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posted on
03/04/2012 1:09:31 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.)
To: PAR35
You are aware that the PRC is not communist in philosophy any more, arent you? Or are you stuck in the 1950s?Hey, don't leave us hanging. Tell us what their current philosophy is.
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posted on
03/04/2012 1:20:52 PM PST
by
aimhigh
To: jmc813
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posted on
03/04/2012 1:22:56 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: jmc813
Life is meaningless in a communist state. You just exist to serve the system.
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posted on
03/04/2012 2:01:28 PM PST
by
Red6
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Theres a big difference between supporting capital punishment as a tool of justice & supporting capital punishment as fodder for trash TV entertainment shows.
Showing the consequences of evil is not trash TV, it is education. In our society we try hard to hide (and hide from) consequences. Which is why our society is corkscrewing to the ground, as we try to ignore consequences.
Trash TV is Survivor and Celebrity Apprentice.
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posted on
03/04/2012 2:10:29 PM PST
by
Cheburashka
(If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
To: jmc813
And are you aware of the types of offenses China will use capital punishment for?
From the article:
She told a child killer: Everyone should hate you.
Right, I'm sure
you disagree with that.
Her interviewees also included a jealous divorcé who stabbed his ex-wife in front of her parents.
I'm supposed to feel sorry for this thug? Sorry, no can do.
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posted on
03/04/2012 2:20:25 PM PST
by
Cheburashka
(If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
To: Cheburashka
Showing the consequences of evil is not trash TV, it is education.I disagree. It is a hit show because the Chinese see this as perverse entertainment which trivializes life. They, and we are already aware that capital punishment exists. What more education is needed?
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posted on
03/04/2012 2:24:34 PM PST
by
jmc813
To: jmc813
I disagree. It is a hit show because the Chinese see this as perverse entertainment which trivializes life. They, and we are already aware that capital punishment exists. What more education is needed?
Education that says: These people committed these crimes. They are now being punished for the crimes they committed. Any of them bear any resemblance to to you? Any strike a chord in you? Then clean up your act accordingly so you don't wind up where they are. A lot of criminals and potential criminals out there watching TV.
And anyone who's afraid to see what society does to its criminals, which it does in your name I might note (and everybody else’s name, including mine) then that person is just a coward.
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posted on
03/04/2012 2:44:28 PM PST
by
Cheburashka
(If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
To: aimhigh
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posted on
03/04/2012 2:46:32 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Cheburashka
And anyone who's afraid to see what society does to its criminals, which it does in your name I might note (and everybody elses name, including mine) then that person is just a coward.Would you be in favor of bringing back public hangings to the US? I wouldn't. I think that our society has advanced beyond that. As I've already mentioned, everyone is aware of the consequences of capital punishment in the states where it is used. A show like this would not make a difference if a psycho is that hell bent on going out and murdering someone.
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posted on
03/04/2012 2:52:40 PM PST
by
jmc813
To: jmc813
The ID Channel just announced a similar program “on death row” which will be airing soon. Bragged about an award winning director. showed a few shots of inmates. sounds very similar to the Chinese one.
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posted on
03/04/2012 3:41:38 PM PST
by
stubernx98
(cranky, but reasonable)
To: jmc813
Would you be in favor of bringing back public hangings to the US?
Yep.
A show like this would not make a difference if a psycho is that hell bent on going out and murdering someone.
Insane people can't be be taught, it's part of being insane. It's the ones who are not insane who can be taught. Unless you believe
anyone who commits murder is insane, in which case I'm wasting my time talking to you. Because you believe nonsense.
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:14:49 PM PST
by
Cheburashka
(If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
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