Utah Attorney General Tweets Execution Order

Kilrah_il writes "In an all-time low for Internet use, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff used Twitter to announce to the public his approval of the execution of convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner. 'I just gave the go ahead to Corrections Director to proceed with Gardner's execution. May God grant him the mercy he denied his victims,' the attorney general wrote. The AG's 7,000 followers retweeted the message further on and soon many replied concerning the awfulness of tweeting the execution of a human being. 'Mr. Shurtleff was doing nothing unusual; politicians and news organizations now routinely send out tweets to alert people to the latest developments. But as Twitter users digested endless breaking news flashes alerting them to the death of a man by firing squad in the United States, for some Mr. Shurtleff's remarks stood out from the rest.'"

Gary Gilmore 2.0: "Let's Tweet It!"

[theodp]

Any Last Words? [about.com]

Re:So?

[Jamza]

"World peace has been declared. LOL jk We are invading Africa"

Re:What's wrong

[Anonymous Coward]

With an 8ft rope and an oak tree? Ronnie Lee Gardner was a worthless piece of shit and the world is a better place without him. Frankly, I think he should have been strung up publicly at noon.......with free ice cold Coca-Colas.

I can't tell if you're being a troll, a classless buffoon, or a shill for Coca-Cola. Tricky decision.

"Haha" as a tag?

[yourpusher]

What a fine bunch of people you are.

Re:So?

[mevets]

yeah, you got lost and attacked Mexico by mistake, again...

Re:whoopie

[masmullin]

Who the fuck are you to decide that he should be banned. He's probably innocent anyway. Maybe you should spend a few years posting on slashdot before you finally go to hell you worthless sack of shit.

Re:So?

[nacturation]

Pretty soon we will have the pleasure of seeing the president communicating in a similar fashion when starting another (pointless) war.

First, Utah announces a Twexecution. Next, the US president announces another Twinvasion. Rally the Twoops! We're going to Twar!

And you thought...

[Penguinshit]

...getting fired by email was harsh!

Re:whoopie

[logjon]

Women aren't people in the bible.

cool strawman, dude

[Kratisto]

Twitter isn't the only form of electronic communication. It is, however, the most asinine and informal. I wouldn't want the news of my upcoming demise originating from the same site responsible for informing millions that Lance Armstrong woke up and is preparing a delicious sandwich.

Re:whoopie

[Pseudonym]

I heard what you were saying! You know nothing of my work! You mean my whole fallacy is wrong. How you got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing!