I find it odd that they managed to screw up a hanging. During the Middle Ages, some European country ( I believe England) developed a formula to determine the proper length of rope needed to knock the person unconscious on the drop. It had to do with rope length, weight, and distance of drop. Poor quality hanging, if I must say so.
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"In 1872, William Marwood introduced the "long drop" to Britain for the execution of Frederick Horry at Lincoln prison, as a scientifically worked out way of giving the prisoner a humane death. It is thought to have been invented by doctors in Ireland. "DesertFox423 wrote:
I find it odd that they managed to screw up a hanging. During the Middle Ages, some European country ( I believe England) developed a formula to determine the proper length of rope needed to knock the person unconscious on the drop. It had to do with rope length, weight, and distance of drop. Poor quality hanging, if I must say so.
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legality vs moralityMarlboroman82 wrote:
so i guess that made it ok to gas thousands of innocent civilians.UON wrote:
So, it's currently legal, but that may change in the future. Saddam used mustard gas in the 80's right, but it wasn't illegal until 1993.
made it ok but didn't make it right
you can apply it too all kinds of things
abortion: i can kill/remove/destroy (whatever helps you sleep at night) my unborn foetus but does this make it right?
self defense (in parts of america): you enter my house, i think you are an armed thief so i shoot you, i get away with it as self defense, but still your dead and did i have the right to kill you?
death penalty: You kill hundreds of innocent people and therefore i hang your evil arse, but does that mean that it was my right to terminate your life?
personally a redeming feature of Saddam is that when he was accused of being guilty he went to the gallows quietly and not going "BUT I DIDN'T GAS THEM I SWEAR IT IS ALL LIES" i mean it isn't enough to forgive him, but it's better than nothing and means he keeps a miniscule shred of dignity.
Ummm....ok.UON wrote:
Waaahh.... people hate America....waaaahhhhh but double standards are easier to live by......waaaahhhhh and the UN always votes against us.... waaaaaahhhh human rights only apply to Americans why won't they understaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!usmarine2007 wrote:
Waaahhh...they hanged him. Waaaahhh they shot him. Waaaahhh they broke his nail. Waaaaahhh he has no cable TV in his cell. God some of you people drive me nuts. He is innocent...free saddam mandela....
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