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Originally posted by resistor
Originally posted by fixer1967
Originally posted by resistor
...........................The war on baseball bats can’t be far off.
Why stop there? What about axes, hammers, screwdrivers and even ball point pens and we had better not forget about the ban on rocks.
Now you're just being ridiculous.
Personally, I’m in favor of the war on bad breath.
Originally posted by fixer1967
And yes they will ban rocks someday if they find a way so build up a stock pile now.
Reminds me of the horror that took place on a Bus last year in Canada. People watched in horror as a guy stabbed, decapitated, mutilated, dismembered and cannibalized another person.
These type of things have been going on for years ...
I think you got a little carried away with your "nobody gets decapitated" thing.
but never once was a student carring a weapon to school.
January 20, 1910
Kleghorn, Jennie, alias, Annie Furlong. 50 ys. old. Found murdered in house of ill fame at 54 W. 17 St. Death from decapitation and dismemberment. Skull missing. Perpetrator escaped. 3 pct.
Case number: 1260 Details
Do you always take people's comments so literally? I said "these type of things", not decapitations specifically.
Originally posted by visible_villain
reply to post by LLoyd45
These type of things have been going on for years ...
Please provide a single credible citation to a 'decaptation incident' anywhere on the North American continent, indeed the entire Western Hemispere in the last 200 years !
If I had been there, I am certain that I would not have just stood and watched.
I think you've watched too many movies myself.. I decapitate hogs on a regular basis, and that's after I've shot them between the eyes and slit there throats. The funny things is, it's not nearly as dramatic as you make it sound. Sure, there's a lot of blood, but that's about it. I seriously doubt anyone would go in shock over it though.
Originally posted by visible_villain
A decapitation is quite a spectacular event to witness. First of all there is an extraordinary quantity of blood produced. It is released from the victim very rapidly and produces a very distinctive visual and olefactory effect on everyone nearby. Secondly, as the attacker progresses toward his objective a very distinctive and horrifying 'sucking' sound begins to occur as the victims windpipe is cut open ...
It is, very simply, an 'unimaginably horrifying' event to witness. An even that 'freezes' any witness as the observer's 'basic survival instincts' kick in.
There's just no way to describe how horrible this even was to witness, and it is simply unjustified to criticize anybody who saw this happen and instinctivly reacted by going immediately into a 'frozen' state of 'shock.'
Anyone who thinks they would have behaved any differently is simply not being realistic.
I seriously doubt anyone would go in shock over it though.
So, have you actually watched someone being decapitated or decapitated anybody yourself? If not, where did you get that oh so vivid description?
Originally posted by visible_villain
reply to post by LLoyd45
I seriously doubt anyone would go in shock over it though.
Beyond what I've described already, it would only amount to an unnecessary 'descent into the macabre' to attempt to convince anyone unwilling or unable to 'see the obvious.'
Maybe the best thing I can do at this point is offer a bit of 'popular folk wisdom,' to wit - 'Denial is not a river in Egypt' ...