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rurallib

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4. don't want to be gruesome here but I have wondered the same

Reply to strawberries (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2014, 08:25 AM

Sep 2014

I had read that beheadings in the gory old days often took several hacks and the head didn't come off very clean. Let me say I read this in passing I think as part of an article on the guillotine. One of the reasons the guillotine was fashioned was to prevent these problem and cut the head off in one nice clean motion.

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I feel sorry for the family [View all] strawberries Sep 2014 OP

They didn't want to get stabbed or slashed Lurks Often Sep 2014 #1

Horrible situation. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #2

Coworker Carl forgot his slingblade that day seveneyes Sep 2014 #3

don't want to be gruesome here but I have wondered the same rurallib Sep 2014 #4

I actually felt more sorry for the family before I saw this video riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #5

They said there are two sides of the story? wow! hrmjustin Sep 2014 #6

I can't watch those videos strawberries Sep 2014 #7

Wait, you're the OP author and didn't watch the video? riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #8

I didn't watch the video of the beheading strawberries Sep 2014 #11

Lol, I have no idea who you are or that I've ever read anything else by you riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #14

I just saw the video YarnAddict Sep 2014 #9

I think that was just an implication that he was mentally ill and not the son they remembered. n/t FSogol Sep 2014 #12

I agree strawberries Sep 2014 #13

I hope he goes to jail for life. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #16

I know strawberries Sep 2014 #17

Here's a link to the video for anyone whose interested in seeing it. It's very short riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #10

OJ Simpson cut the heads off of 2 people in a densely populated area KurtNYC Sep 2014 #15