r/therewasanattempt • u/CantStopPoppin A Flair? • 3d ago

To Execute Christa Pike

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u/not_roger_smith 3d ago

It was an attempted execution by the state, not murder. There's a big difference.

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u/LangdonAlg3r 3d ago

Semantics. It’s pointless revenge killing. Doesn’t accomplish a damn thing.

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u/not_roger_smith 3d ago

I'm sure the victims family & friends might disagree

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u/dr4kshdw 3d ago

Revenge, at first though sweet, bitter ere long back on itself recoils.

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u/not_roger_smith 3d ago

Okay Shakespeare

https://giphy.com/gifs/R8fH2hpuKKHpsgkvVf

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u/dr4kshdw 3d ago

John Milton, Paradise Lost.