Re: More about Wes (really, contradictions & FUD about death)

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From: David Barts
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 06:12

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zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes:

> [edited]
>But we do have a very quick and humane method. For some reason it isn't
>used here, maybe because the French popularized it. All we have in this
>country is some colorful cliches, eg "Heads will roll over this."

>It seems to me that a guillotine with a sharp blade should work pretty
>well. After all, how long can a head live after it has been detached
>from the body? Does anyone know why this method is in disfavor?

My conjecture is because it is messy:  a head indeed rolls, and
blood gushes forth from both stumps.  Thus, it conflicts with the
desire of people to escape from the reality of what is being done
by making everything "neat", "clinical", and "peaceful".

-- 
David Barts  N5JRN                      UW Civil Engineering, FX-10
davidb@ce.washington.edu                Seattle, WA  98195

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