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Originally Posted by garhkal
Ok. Then go back to a good beheading.. Our tech can make sharp enough blades that teh whole "you need to hack 2-3 times to lop it off' shouldn't be a concern..
BUT THEN AGAIN, why the hell should we not be cruel to convicts when THEY HAD NO care about not being cruel to their victims?
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With the Guillotin, it was about as quick as you can get. I was watching a program on the History Channel about the Guillotin, and in Nazi Germany, which beheaded more people than any modern society, their professional executioner could lop off a head every two minutes.
As to the humanity involved, who knows. If the object is to kill a person as quickly as possible, beheading by Guillotine has to be by far the most efficient.
As to whether the severed head is still "alive" for a few seconds after, able to contimplate it's predicament, who knows.