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[-] MrCookieRespect@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

Hmm... The question is how reliable it is to hit and how much the operational costs are. I think a bullet is cheaper.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The thing about a bullet, is someone has to shoot it. The crane could be set on a timer, so nobody has to feel guilty for pulling the trigger.

[-] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That's a thought. 🙂

Guilt for administering a death has been thought of before; that's part of the reason why there's a firing 'squad'. You have however many people with lethal rounds, and however many people with dummy/blank rounds, so nobody knows for sure whose bullets were live & killed him.

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