Imagine if you were out of work or had an opportunity to take up the post of Chief executioner where you had to flick the switch and carry out the death sentence would you take up the post?
Imagine also that the death penalty WAS in force in your country!
Would you have the stomach to flick the switch knowing that your action would electrocute someone who was sentenced to death for a heinous crime
Would you get satisfaction from it or would you just think of it as just a job a way to pay the bills?
Would you conscience get in the way of carrying out your duties or would you get a sense of satisfaction of a job well done
And what would you expect to get paid for doing this job? Or would you take the minimum wage that you were doing society a great favour by getting rid of evil rapists, molestors, killers and other sick members of society?
If you were executioner would flicking the switch be enough satisfaction for you and would you get bored with the job?
The job is for life! (no pun!) and there are no chances of being made redundant! Would you take it, could you take the job?
[question posted by wolfie34]
responses and comments:
Paying the bills is important. I don't know what to expect to be paid for such employment. But I have to say, I really don't think I'd have the stomach for such a job. The people that do it have my respect. It would give me nightmares, I think. [ersmommy1]
Same with the people who work in mortuaries cutting up, well you know they certainly have my utmost respect. Yes you would need a strong stomach for sure and be hard as nails! [wolfie34]
Hi ya wolfie34 Nope, no way could I do that. What if they had got the wrong person for the crime and found out just after you had flicked the switch? I could never sleep at night because I guess technically you too are a murderer!! Nope, couldn't do it. What about you wolfie? Could you do it? Would you get total job satisfaction from such a job? [Humbug25]
Absolutely my friend!! [Humbug25]
wow, that a tough one. i do believe in capital punishment, but im not sure if i could actually do it myself. i think if the crime was so bad, that maybe i could, but i really think i might have serious problems after. i do think they need to get pais a little more than the average minimum wage, because of the tyoe of work they are doing. theya re actually taking a life, regardless of how not wortha a crap that person may be. now if it was someone who had done harm to my children or family, then i really do thinki could do it and maybe even smile while doing it. ow if this makes me a bad person, im not sure. at time i can see this as a rewarding job ( as weird as that sounds )but on the other hand, im not god. you reallt got me thinking on this one. [auntpondie]
It certainly DOESN'T make you a bad person what it does make you is HONEST and that is highly valued and respected. [wolfie34]
I can stand the sight of blood, so I could work as a nurse,or CSI agent and view dead bodies or horribly mutilated bodies, and that would make it easier for me to be the Lord High Executioner, but I get concerned that I might lose my love of people and become bitter because of that. I would have to think of the horrible way the murderer dispatched of his victims to get me to throw the switch. It would best left to someone who had been in the war, and was used to multiple deaths or a police officer. And I think he should get the average wage for that job. It would be too emotional for me. And I would be concerned about what people think of me. Like supposing the guy was guilty beyond the shadow of the doubt and the relatives thought he had the soul of an angel? [suspenseful]
Then you'd be public enemy number one! I guess it takes a different kind of person to do this job my friend. Some people are rotten to the core yet to their nearest and dearest the sun shines out of their proverbial! [wolfie34]
Hi wolfie, I know that this is one job that I could never do. I am very much opposed to the death penalty and even it was the law in my country, I would never be able to carry out an execution. I know that other very sincere and honest people feel differently and that's okay, I'm just happy that we live where we have the freedom to express our opinion. Blessings. [Pose123]
I am pro death penalty personally but even I don't think I could do the job to be truthful. [wolfie34]
Ok as you know I am a victim of a bad Deed which is with me for the rest of my Life, yes I would love to kill anyone who does this but I know I can't no matter how much hate is inside me I do not believe I could do that Job xxx [gabs8513]
You are not that type of person my sweet, neither am I, we are both sensitive in that nature hugs! x [wolfie34]
I know I couldn't do this. I can't see how the executioner is any less of a murderer than the person they're executing. Also, how could anyone live with themselves if they executed someone who was later proved innocent. [nannacroc]
You make a valid point and I respect your opinion. [nannacroc]
A friend of mine, her husband had this job. He was tough. He had to be. My boyfriend works as a Sargeant in a local prison here. I know I could do neither job! I'm tough but not that tough! I give them all the respect in the world, but this is just something I can't do. The ones who do these jobs need more respect and recognition than they are given! [SuzyQ12]
Someone has to do the job don't they and I am sure they have seen stuff that you and me couldn't even begin to imagine! Yes definitely respected. [wolfie34]
I could never in any way enjoy taking someone else's life even if somehow I would happen to land that job, but I also wouldn't be conscience smitten for doing my job. I would do everything in my power to do it rightly and not inflict any more pain than what is duly appointed by the Law and the Jury Peers. I wouldn't look upon it as a favor to humanity or as a punishment to the individual but as my duty as prescribed by the Law of the land. Did you watch the Green Mile, with Tom Hanks? There's a point when a condemned convict is electrocuted torturously by a vengeful jerk-guard. That was wrong! He didn't have the right attitude. Even a condemned man is still a man and deserves that much consideration. [mechanicNOT62]
Ye man, I saw Shawshank about three times but I can' timagine why... I got so angry I could have literally beat up on the TV, in lieu of the "Sisters". It made me sick to my heart to realize that's just the way it can be. But Hanks acted it out heroically. My conclusion after all is...don't get in that situation! [mechanicNOT62]
Yes, I could be an executioner. It is my nature to seek justice. I'mnot always fair, but I seek fairness. I think that our judicial system (in US) is pretty fair and just, but there are issues. I think that is why it takes so long for the appeal process to go on. [kdhartford]
My dear wolfie, I could not nor would not ever hurt anyone. Even if they had murdered my family. I would hate them, despise them and hope they got what was coming to them. BUT I could not do it. I just dont have the heart to kill or hurt anyone. I do feel that people who do crimes should have the same thing done to them. I dont even kill spiders when they are inside my house:)surrender [mssnow]
I'd never kill a spider Princess, although that is the only bug I won't kill, unless you count bees of course! You are so loving and gentle that I knew you'd respond this way ;0) [wolfie34]
I grew up on a farm, and as a boy I used to love going to the woods in the winter, cutting a huge maple tree and sawing it up into blocks. Then came the best part! We stood the block on its end and split it into small pieces that would go into the woodstove. This is where my fantasy came into play. At school we were studying history and I had seen pictures of the executioner with the huge axe that was used for beheading criminals with one fell stoke. I can remember imagining a criminal lying with his head on the block and I'd make a huge swing and his head would fly off and land in the head-catching basket by the side of the block. Off with his head, and another head lands in the basket! [barehugs]
I would not only be able to be an executioner, I would like to speed things up on death row. I could execute several people a day. I would want more than minimum wage since I'd like to make at least what I make now. But I would love to know that I was taking the criminals out of society. I don't know if I could do it for life though without getting bored. But for the right pay I could probably do this for life. [Pigglies]
I don't ever wish to be one. That's a very difficult job. I may prefer not to have a job at all than having such a gruesome job. I just can't seem to imagine executing someone even if the reason is so valid. I just can't take it. I'll just take other job. Happy posting. [nengs10]
That is a tough job, i don't think i can handle it. So, no i won't take the job.I'll just have to look for another job that can help me pay the bills. [sweetie1026]
With due respect for the executioners, I do not think I would be able to do that. I am not fit for it Wolfie. I admit, that I have a weak heart that bleeds even when I think of it. So, I would obviously be a bad choice and they would fire me soon. You better give me some other job Wolfie. happy [mimpi1911]
I think it is a wise person indeed who recognises that the job over time will damage the person terribly blessed be [ESKARENA1]
I know what I feel about people who commit the worst of crimes - I can't stomach the thought of them roaming the streets free to commit more disgusting crimes but I know for a fact that I couldn't take their lives myself. I know someone would be doing it but I guess I'm too chicken to do it myself. [anonymili]
I think i could, i think i would. I work with murderers and rapists day by day. Here in U.K although we dont kill our murderers, we keep them locked up indeffinitely and i enjoy poking them with a stick. Also, somewhere we keep a retained hangman (should that be hang person) just in case he/she is needed. It is little known but we still keep the death penalty for the crimes of treason, cowardis in the face of the enemy during wartime, burning one of her majesties dock yards, a direct sexual assault on the monarch. Yes id accept the job, i honestly dont think we would be lesser for having rid of some of the men under my care. My doubt would be purely selfish, what would such a job do to me? blessed be [ESKARENA1]
I wish the UK would bring the death penalty back, might help the escalating crime figures and if they do get caught, criminals are sent to a holiday camp called a prison, sorry to be so cynical and that is, as they say a different subject! The UK crime system is abysmal and they prefer to punish the innocent and protect the guilty in this country! [wolfie34]
Ya ofcourse.... if i am being in such situation i will surely. I dont think it is a wrong work. Whatever i m going to do will be my job. Job is Job..no compromise. You cannot say no. It's the duty. My conscience will not say me, coz whoever the peron i mexecuting is a criminal. He surely is not a good man. And i believe this is a very good job. Atleast you are doing good to the society in some way. If the job of a executioner is wrong then even the job of a army men is also wrong. He is killing to person ehom he dont even know, have never seen before. He does so bcoz it's his duty. It's for the country. It's for the law. Similarly the job is executioner is also for the country, for the law. [v4vikas]
I coundn't do it anyway! You know what? I usually feel guilty to kill a big fish! How come I kill a person though these guys sow the wind and reap the whirlwind! They really deserve the capital punishment! But it is still scary and painful to end their lives on the other hand! When I do chemical experiment for corpse sample, I always feel weird as well as terrible! It is hard to sleep well then. [hiddenwing]
I could never! I'm pro-life through and through. I have always believed in the value of life even if the scumbag did a heinous crime and deserves to die! I could not imagine bringing myself to pull the switch that would end someone's life. Kudos to thouse guys who has the guts to do that, though. But I can only imagine what they must be feeling. They're humans too so it must be really hard for them to do it as well. [alyssa_c]
Hello wolfie. I would never want this job of executioner however much I wooul be paid. It is so horrible and scary that I willd have nightmares every night. I refuse to get employed for it. There are so many other jobs waiting for people to do, so I give this one up. lol [williamjisir]
There cant be any satisfaction when taking the life of a person. No one has that right but if its a job that get me out of poverty i would have to take but i wouldnt feel good about it but i would have to do it to survive in this world. Its a bad thing though that if you pull that switch and kill someone , how would you feel after pulling it and you find out they arent not the one who did it? Thats whats crazy today the decision to end life is very harsh. Some people dont deserve to live in society that they also take a life like rape then murder the person just straight out killing someone for no reason. There shouldnt be any reason to take a life but there circumstances that you have too to save urs or your families. TAKE CARE MYLOTTERS [jimssaftytips]
No, I could not do it. I cannot kill spiders and flies in the house if I can scoop them up and put them outside. I hate trapping mice in the house but I have no choice. I do not hunt as I could not kill wild animals. I suppose if I was starving I could out of necessity hunt but being an executioner would not be an option for me. [mariposaman]
No.I just cannot do that.I am not made up to that. Something will always prevent me from taking this job.It is a no no for me.happy [balasri]
Honey, that's simply a job I could not do underanycircumstances. [MsTickle]
I think I could do the job. I would never get any satisfaction out of it, because it is just justice that is being executed. It wouldn't be my job to feel sorry for them. Their actions got them there in the first place, I didn't put them there. It's a job and someone has to do it. The only way I might have qualms about pulling the switch is if I knew in my heart that person being executed was not guilty, but then again it isn't my place to judge guilt or innocence. Having worked as a nurse in the prison system for a while, you learn to separate your emotions from your work. As a nurse, I dealt with death all the time, which is different than causing someone's death. [OreoCookie3]
Two of the ancestor's last names on my mom's side were Axmann and Senkbeil (guillotine) and so I was really wondering what kind of work they did for a living. Turned out that Axmann is quite a common name and Senkbeil was changed from something else. So much for that theory! But could I do the job? Heck no, no way, no how. [dawnald]
shocked There are some cases where I can see why the relatives of victims could throw it! I wouldnt want to do that as a full time job but there are some cases where the switch needs to be trown and I think in some cases, yea, I could throw the switch, like when these people hurt children and kill them ...I could throw that switch on cases like that..because they need to know its not going to be tolerated and they wont get by with it .... [eaforeman6]
No I would not like to work that way. I watched the film about an executioner in Britain and to be honest I don;t like the job. I don't want to play god and take life from their body with my own hands. I would not feel right inside me. [ronaldinu]