Gizmodo: executions

China's Death Buses Deliver Executions, Organ Harvesting On the Go

Adam Frucci — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:10:00 EST

If you're a criminal in China, you'll want to avoid its new death buses, vehicles that carry out executions while streaming live video of them, then provide some privacy for organ harvesting.

The buses, of which over 40 are currently in use, are replacing firing squads as China's preferred method of execution. The buses provide a setup for lethal injections, and the acts are carried out on streaming video so local authorities can observe and ensure that everything is done legally.

Critics say that the buses help the government secretly harvest organs to sell to the west, as there's already a doctor on hand to administer the injection and they never show the bodies between execution and cremation.

Hoo boy. China! Always good for a lighthearted story in the morning. You're welcome. [USA Today via Jalopnik]

Fake Electric Chair Teaches Your Kids About the Fun of Executions

Adam Frucci — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:40:00 EDT

Guys, isn't capital punishment hilarious? I mean, there's nothing funnier than the state putting someone to death for a crime they're pretty sure they committed even though there's always a margin of error and it's 100% certain that innocent people have been executed! LOL! For my next party, I'm getting the Shocker Chair, the only fake electric chair worth its weight!

Experience the gruesome Shocker electric chair with 2,000 volts involved. It’s guaranteed to make you tingle. Let your friends see the smoke rise as the voltage is increased.

So it's like being in a non-lethal electric chair? Uh, awesome? Seriously, who in their right mind would pay $1,000 for this? [Machine World via BornRich]

Gizmodo Comment Executions: Fanboy Spam Edition

Travis Hudson — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:27:37 EST

Still wondering about commenting accounts? All you have to do is fill out the comment and select a username and password. Submit and our commenting overlords will approve you—if you fit the criteria of a superb commenter. Behave, or be executed like the poor fool below.

Have a nice exit, dominiward. Sure, you are an HD DVD fanboy, which is okay. But once you start spamming any HD related post with the same copy and pasted comment about how cheap HD DVD then it qualifies as fanboy spam and therefore execution. Being a fanboy is fine—hell, all of us editors are fanboys of something or other, but spamming the same garbage about how much HD DVD rulzzz or Blu-Ray suxxx is not acceptable.

P.S. Lay off the exclamation points, dude. Image via destructoid – Travis Hudson

Commenter Execution: You Decide

Charlie White — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:56:46 EST

A controversy has developed here at the Giz where some of our valued commenters are calling for the execution of one sailentshadow, for making a few boisterous comments in this post. We don't think he's that bad, although he is quite a Sony fanboy and a vociferous iPod critic. But then, sometimes, so are we.

But the guy does make some pretty dumb comments. Look over all his missives here, and then cast your ballots. – Charlie White

Gizmodo Commenter Executions: GTFO

Travis Hudson — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:53:45 EDT

See you later, murray_the_dog. Your comments regularly criticized us for posting things you seemed to think weren't cool. Well you sir, is the one that isn't cool. So un-cool that you shall be excommunicated from the Church of Gizmodo.

You also commented multiple times about how much you miss Joel. We all love Joel around these parts (hell I spent a week in Vegas with him one night), but there is no need to criticize us by saying how much you miss him. If you really miss Joel, go check out his sexy ass at Dethroner. Now be gone, you vermin! – Travis Hudson

Gizmodo Comments: Genocide Edition

Travis Hudson — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:31:00 EDT

Wondering why there is a picture of a cute, kitten? Well you Google the word genocide and try to find a tasteful picture to go along this post.

No, I'm not actually killing off hundred of commenters, but I'm about ready to. You folks have to stop the double posting. Our commenting system gets wonky sometimes, and when you submit a comment it won't show up immediately. Hell, one of you, *cough*strider_mt2k*cough* even feels the need to leave comments saying "push" just to get their original comment up. The publishing delay is no excuse to rewrite the post slightly and resubmit. The original comment will go up, just give it some time. Stop the double posts or you and the kitten will fall victim to our ban hammer.

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