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Off Topic / Re: today marks 20 years since the last hanging

« on: January 25, 2016, 01:27:20 PM »

Quote from: Juncoph on January 25, 2016, 01:24:38 PM

but what happens if there's crime in criminal criminals jail

Then we send them to Australia

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Off Topic / Re: today marks 20 years since the last hanging

« on: January 25, 2016, 11:03:30 AM »

forget we need to ban those too... Why don't we just jail everybody?

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Off Topic / Re: today marks 20 years since the last hanging

« on: January 25, 2016, 10:53:12 AM »

Quote from: Otis Da HousKat on January 25, 2016, 10:48:15 AM

Execution shouldn't be some sick show of vengeance for the victim's families.

And what law exactly could the government make to prevent murders? Murdering someone is already illegal lol

oh oh i know!

lets ban MURDER weapons! That will stop them for sure!

which means no frying pans

no pens or pencils

no knives

no small type candy

no staple guns

no power tools

and most definitely no guns!...

stuff there's a lot of stuff to murder people with

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Off Topic / Re: So I just got a new ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 graphics card for $170 USD

« on: January 25, 2016, 10:43:22 AM »

Titan x or go home scrubs

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Games / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Fallout 4

« on: January 25, 2016, 10:37:21 AM »

Quote from: Qwepir on January 25, 2016, 10:33:43 AM

considering there was a bigass sign out front that said "NO STARTING FIGHTS", with another one inside and a couple dudes tied up and on display for rulebreaking, i assumed that if i didnt start anything the NPCs wouldn't either

Of course it was still totally fun going in and killing everyone and have the surviving NPC's be all like "dude wtf".

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Off Topic / Re: today marks 20 years since the last hanging

« on: January 25, 2016, 09:03:37 AM »

Quote from: Lockebox on January 25, 2016, 08:53:34 AM

Well THIS is definitely one of the more creepy sides to you that i've seen so far.

It's mainly just morbid curiosity which is something a little bit of everyone has. Public executions use to be entertainment before the ball game became regular on Sunday. There is definitely something romantic about death to humans and that hasn't stopped them from googly-eyeing it on the internet for what seems like years now.

Gurochan would be a shining example of how far some people would take it. Though i wouldn't recommend anyone visit that site.

Quote from: SlayerZ99 on January 25, 2016, 09:01:14 AM

I feel like a bullet to the head would be the most efficient and they can fire it correctly so that it kills you instantly (or almost)

although that would also probably seem fairly cruel because instead of some elaborate setup like someplace to hang, guillotine, injection table, or electric chair, youre just holding a guy to someones head and pulling the trigger

It would be less cruel as that is easily the most painless way to die than anything else. Elaborate setups of execution and public display seems to be more symbolic of ones determination to snuff out a life, and yet somehow people during the French Revolution saw it as the opposite. I think a bullet to the brain is far more dignified.

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Off Topic / Re: today marks 20 years since the last hanging

« on: January 25, 2016, 08:30:54 AM »

Quote from: sir dooble on January 25, 2016, 06:57:26 AM

Towards the end of the practice of hanging that is. The earliest stuff was barbaric with people just being choked to death for minutes.
The 'long drop, short stop' method was better, if calculated right. Then you'd have your neck and spine snapped killing you instantly.

I think out of all the non-chemical based executions, guillotine is probably one of the least barbaric. A weighted razer sharp blade falling at speed onto the neck is quick, precise and efficient. There's little chance of the blade failing to cut or any chance of it missing, as with a headsman with an axe or sword. Your victim is going to be executed painlessly, and die instantly, compared to hanging or electric chair where they may take some time to die and be in considerable pain. And the guillotine can easily be reset for another person. At most the headblock may have to be changed, compared to gallows/ropes needing to be designed for each user if it's to be efficient.

If anything, guillotines only downside is being messy.

contrary to popular belief, the guillotine is actually painful for about 15 to 30 seconds as it has been studied by observing the severed heads for the short time they are conscious upon being separated from the body (though this occurrence of being conscious is rare).

Guillotine was mostly done away with for this pain but for also how symbolically barbaric it has become. It's an extremely messy business and because of that it just seemed cruel to people who have any moral fibers in their body. The practice of decapitation of the head is a massive statement too as its an attack on ones very visage.

A huge number of different components are packed into our heads. The human head contains more than 20 bones, up to 32 teeth, a large brain, of course, and several sensory organs, as well as dozens of muscles, and numerous glands, nerves, veins, arteries and ligaments. They are all tightly conﬁgured and intensely integrated within a small space. And people’s heads look good too. The human head boasts one of the most expressive set of muscles known to life. It is adorned with various features that lend themselves to ornamentation: hair, ears, nose and lips. Thanks to an impressive concentration of nerve endings and an unrivalled ability for expressive movement, our heads connect our inner selves to the outer world more intensely than any other part of our body. And its set upon a pedestal for all to see. ~ Frances Larson

strangely enough personally if i were to pick how i died i feel that decapitation would be one of the ways i'd pick. The concept and practice of the severing of the head is something that fascinates me to a high degree.

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