I don't understand why you wouldn't just shoot him in the head. Has to be less painful and more precise.
--- Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everybody! > > Got it right with Saddie but blew it for his > brother? > > http://thespincycle.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_thespincycle_archive.html > > "By the 1860's the principles of the Enlightenment > had long informed the basis > of civil society and a string of dreadful executions > had stained practice of > English justice. The hangman of the day (who by > convention is not named) > introduced a new method which promised an "instant > and humane death" for > those who were sentenced to the Extreme Sanction. > The mechanics of this > method were outlined in the Schedule of Hangman's > Weights and Measures, a > copy of which is not reproduced here for fear that > the foolish may take > advantage of it. Rest assured that a copy is in the > possession of your > diligent correspondent. > > "The fiendish secret of the long drop method was the > calculation, by exact > formula, of the weight of the condemned against the > depth of the drop he or > she had to fall to bring around 1000 pounds of force > against the cervical > spine, the idea being that this would cause the > odontoid process to breach > the relevant section of the spinal cord producing a > clean and quick death. > Paralysis and unconsciousness was instant and, after > one hour on the rope, > the miscreant would assuredly be dead." > > (End of quote) > > So today in the news one of the condemned convicts > was decapitated. Too long a > drop for his body weight? > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://www.pete-theisen.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
