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Angyson · 09-18-2004, 12:22 PM

If you were sentenced to death by the State and given one of two choices, as was Socretes, which would you choose ?

Socrates was given the choice of drinking a glass of hemlock or bannishment for life. Your choices are death by slow starvation or one minute in the gas chamber. Choose.

Orefa · 09-18-2004, 02:33 PM

Starvation. It gives me a few more weeks to live during which the governor might phone in his pardon following an outcry from the media.

If I had a third choice I would pick death from old age.

DougP · 09-18-2004, 02:36 PM

Well, its a bit tricky. If the "banishment" senario means death by starvation with not chance of survival, then ill take the hemlock. However, otherwise, I would rather take the banishment senario because I could probably find someone who would take me in a feed me wherever I was banished to.

Angyson · 09-18-2004, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Orefa

Starvation. It gives me a few more weeks to live during which the governor might phone in his pardon following an outcry from the media.

If I had a third choice I would pick death from old age.

Socrates didn't have a third choice, so neither do you. The govenor is pro capatal punishment and you don't have a hope in hell of getting that phone call.

Angyson · 09-18-2004, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DougP

Well, its a bit tricky. If the "banishment" senario means death by starvation with not chance of survival, then ill take the hemlock. However, otherwise, I would rather take the banishment senario because I could probably find someone who would take me in a feed me wherever I was banished to.

Socrates had the banishment senario, not you. It's either starve or the gas chamber.

Orefa · 09-18-2004, 04:03 PM

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The govenor is pro capatal punishment and you don't have a hope in hell of getting that phone call.

Well now you are adding new conditions. I demand to see my lawyer. I think I have grounds for appeal.

Now given a scenario of unavoidable slow and painful death against unavoidable quick and painful death I would like to change my answer. Unless one of these deaths has at least a humorous component to it or something...

Angyson · 09-18-2004, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Orefa

Well now you are adding new conditions. I demand to see my lawyer. I think I have grounds for appeal.

Now given a scenario of unavoidable slow and painful death against unavoidable quick and painful death I would like to change my answer. Unless one of these deaths has at least a humorous component to it or something...

I AM your lawyer. There is are no grounds for appeal nor time to appeal.
Is it a quick death in the gas chamber then ? Very wise of you.

Z500 · 09-18-2004, 07:13 PM

Decapitation. It'd be neat to live for a few seconds detached from the rest of my body.

Garnet · 09-18-2004, 07:15 PM

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<snip> Choose.

Why?

Plastic Jesus · 09-18-2004, 10:25 PM

Starvation, mos def.

Or course, I would curse my choice many, many times before I finally died, but that would be my choice.

But, why the question? Just curiousity?

09-18-2004, 12:22 PM	#1
Angyson Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 983	Your Choice of Death If you were sentenced to death by the State and given one of two choices, as was Socretes, which would you choose ? Socrates was given the choice of drinking a glass of hemlock or bannishment for life. Your choices are death by slow starvation or one minute in the gas chamber. Choose.

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09-18-2004, 02:33 PM	#2
Orefa Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: . Posts: 92	Starvation. It gives me a few more weeks to live during which the governor might phone in his pardon following an outcry from the media. If I had a third choice I would pick death from old age.

09-18-2004, 02:36 PM	#3
DougP Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,441	Well, its a bit tricky. If the "banishment" senario means death by starvation with not chance of survival, then ill take the hemlock. However, otherwise, I would rather take the banishment senario because I could probably find someone who would take me in a feed me wherever I was banished to.

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Z500 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Harrisburg-on-Susquehanna Posts: 3,575	Decapitation. It'd be neat to live for a few seconds detached from the rest of my body.

09-18-2004, 10:25 PM	#10
Plastic Jesus Regular Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 133	Starvation, mos def. Or course, I would curse my choice many, many times before I finally died, but that would be my choice. But, why the question? Just curiousity?

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