"You wouldn't want that to happen."

Full disclosure: I have no strong opinion regarding the death penalty, per se.

Justices divided over lethal injections
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Justice David Souter, however, urged his colleagues to take the time necessary to issue a definitive decision about the three-drug method in this case, even if it means sending the case back to Kentucky for more study by courts there.

Scalia, however, said such a move would mean "a national cessation of executions" that could last for years. "You wouldn't want that to happen," he said.

Heaven forbid we stop executing people! How would the country survive? Who cares if the method used is cruel? - these are, after all, bad people! - they deserve to suffer.

A national cessaton of executions? For years? What a horrible idea!