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Originally Posted by Stealhead
 I must question the medical accuracy of that.
I think several seconds at most is more plausible.Hard to say for sure though and that would be bad enough I think.
Once on a TDY to a Saudi airbase we got invited to watch a beheading I passed some guys went they where sorry to have gone after the fact.Over there they use a sword and families pay for thier kin to go first whilst the blade is most sharp.
*according to the linked article this causes more blood loose and is in fact more likely to cause rapid death so maybe you want to be the last guy not the first.
An interesting read on the subject;Anyway seems that it is possible for 30 or 40 seconds based on the one or two known human experiments(last one in 1905)though if it was just nerves or actual consiuos not is not known for sure.Only in more modern times they tested on rats with an EEG and they showed activity for up to 4 seconds after the close shave.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/sci...capitation.htm |
The heathens! tipping still required and you were 'honored' as most infidels are not generally allowed to view such executions( bad PR)
