He's dead!!!

bignateyk

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Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I wonder if it snapped his neck or if he suffered.

me too....how does hanging usually work? neck snapping?


Ideally, you want the neck to snap. For someone to suffer, you dont want their neck to snap.. then they suffocate.
 
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Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I wonder if it snapped his neck or if he suffered.

What difference does it make?

My guess is it snapped his neck. There's a clear formula used whereby the weight of the executed determines the length of the rope... Just long enough to snap his neck but not so long that his head pops off.
 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: bignateyk
Ideally, you want the neck to snap. For someone to suffer, you dont want their neck to snap.. then they suffocate.
Piano wire instead of rope and a short drop ftw! ;)

Well, as long as this brings peace and stability to the region . . . oh, snap!

 

bignateyk

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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I wonder if it snapped his neck or if he suffered.

What difference does it make?

My guess is it snapped his neck. There's a clear formula used whereby the weight of the executed determines the length of the rope... Just long enough to snap his neck but not so long that his head pops off.



A video of saddams head popping off. Now THAT would be a youtube classic.
 

homercles337

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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I wonder if it snapped his neck or if he suffered.

What difference does it make?

My guess is it snapped his neck. There's a clear formula used whereby the weight of the executed determines the length of the rope... Just long enough to snap his neck but not so long that his head pops off.

Thats the kind of stuff one can only pick up in Alaska. Do they still have those trapdoor type of devices up there or something? Because those are not really needed to hang someone ya know?
 
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Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I wonder if it snapped his neck or if he suffered.

What difference does it make?

My guess is it snapped his neck. There's a clear formula used whereby the weight of the executed determines the length of the rope... Just long enough to snap his neck but not so long that his head pops off.

Thats the kind of stuff one can only pick up in Alaska. Do they still have those trapdoor type of devices up there or something? Because those are not really needed to hang someone ya know?

Oddly enough, we don't have capital punishment up here. Go figger.
 
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I only hope this doesn't further escalate the violence in Iraq. I don't see this as good news, particularly, even if Saddam richly deserved it.