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That was a good comment!
Hadn't seen that one, before.

posted by Mademoiselle on August 18, 2005 at 8:06 AM | link to this | reply

hehe I think I like Pat_B's comment best...
It can be similar to being sewn into a bag with something with claws though....then drowning...

posted by FactorFiction on August 18, 2005 at 7:40 AM | link to this | reply

Nowadays all we have is marriage. But I'm not bitter.

posted by Pat_B on August 16, 2005 at 11:28 AM | link to this | reply

Oh, thank you.
Btw, I always felt the Manson family received a "bad rap". Nobody ever talks about all the good things they did.

A few acts of "youthful indiscretion" should not define one's entire existance.

posted by Mademoiselle on August 15, 2005 at 8:57 PM | link to this | reply

OUCH!

I don't like any of them, but the slow, pincher-done death-by-skinning certainly sounds the worst!

We are supposed to be the most advanced of any species, and, yet, we use our intellect to come up with atrocities such as this!

Even The Manson Family and Jeffrey Dahmer weren't THAT brutal!

Thanks for sharing this.

It shows us that, even though some things need to change, today's legal system is certainly better than what was offered in the olden days!

Kudos!
AJ

posted by Ainsley_Jo_Phillips on August 15, 2005 at 8:51 PM | link to this | reply

It's funny that nobody really mentioned "The Burning Man"...
Imagine being the person whose job it was to "pluck people's skin off with red hot pinchers"? That would be, like, so weird!

posted by Mademoiselle on August 15, 2005 at 8:33 PM | link to this | reply

Drawn and quartered....

Now that's a truly gruesome way to die. Somehow I doubt they got popped into quarters. It's more likely that the limbs got torn off....Wonder how long it took the victims to bleed to death.

posted by word.smith on August 15, 2005 at 6:43 PM | link to this | reply

ewwwww! This is nasty!!
haha Only you, P.O. Only you. lol

posted by Joe_Love on August 15, 2005 at 3:58 PM | link to this | reply

All because death is too brief and absolute to extract any satisfaction.

Ann.

posted by A-and-B on August 15, 2005 at 2:18 PM | link to this | reply

Um, excuse me!
I was, like, going to get to that one ... at a later date!

posted by Mademoiselle on August 15, 2005 at 2:14 PM | link to this | reply

The last was better than what they did in Shakespeare's day.
Being drawn and quartered started with being drawn on a sawhorse, I think.  Then they tied you to a stake, took your intestines out of your belly and wound them around you.  This was done to four priests by Henry VIII when he was taking over the Church of England.  You were hung and then your head and body severed into five pieces.  Head on London bridge, with the four quarters sent to four different towns.  That was before the government saw that Catholics were taking pieces as relics.  The government then had to burn all the pieces, other than the head....

posted by WindTapper on August 15, 2005 at 2:06 PM | link to this | reply

For real, mmm-w.
BTW, I have a whole "rotation" (of columns) in mind ... because, otherwise, I fear death may (over time) start to grow a little stale.

posted by Mademoiselle on August 15, 2005 at 1:27 PM | link to this | reply

the sack death were certainly my favorite, as well... it had, um, character....

looking forward to this regular column, and taking note....

you never know when this information my come in handy...

posted by mmm-w on August 15, 2005 at 1:24 PM | link to this | reply

I wish they would bring back the "Sack Death" ...
Although, I hear it may still be used occasionally in Arkansas.

posted by Mademoiselle on August 15, 2005 at 1:12 PM | link to this | reply

The Sack Death

brings new light to the modern term "getting sacked" in reference to losing one's job, doesn't it?

posted by SilverMoon7 on August 15, 2005 at 1:00 PM | link to this | reply

The sack death...
...sounds interesting, indeed.  Quite effective, too!!!  ~LB~

posted by Anony_Miss on August 15, 2005 at 12:47 PM | link to this | reply

No, I won't be posting any gruesome pictures, UH...
Partly, so as not to catch any unsuspecting, rather squeamish individuals "off guard".

And, also, because I'm a total retard when it comes to computers.

posted by Mademoiselle on August 15, 2005 at 12:37 PM | link to this | reply

SincerityAnna, my response to what Vane said...
pretty much covers your comment as well.

posted by Mademoiselle on August 15, 2005 at 12:32 PM | link to this | reply

ariel70 ...
Shut up!

I mean, thank you so much for the correction. I'll gladly make a note of it.

posted by Mademoiselle on August 15, 2005 at 12:30 PM | link to this | reply

Society has come a long way since then, Vane.
Although, when I was briefly a film critic, I was forced to sit through "Baby Geniuses 2: The Super Babies" ... and, let me tell you, as tortures go, that would rank "right up there" with any of them.

posted by Mademoiselle on August 15, 2005 at 12:28 PM | link to this | reply

madame po

Actially it was known as peine forte et dieu, and was inflicted upon anyone refusing to plead, either guilty or not guilty ; " Mute of Malice" as it was known.

It was carried out in London in the Press Yard of Newgate Prison

posted by ariel70 on August 15, 2005 at 12:27 PM | link to this | reply

Madame,
Geez...those are some terrible ways to die...glad it's not like that anymore...

posted by SincerityAnna on August 15, 2005 at 12:26 PM | link to this | reply

Yeah, mcbreeze, most people don't realize how dangerous...
farm fowl can be. For instance, pound for pound, turkeys are among the most deadliest killers in the entire animal kingdom.

posted by Mademoiselle on August 15, 2005 at 12:25 PM | link to this | reply

Oooooo
I can't wait until you get to Death by a Thousand Cuts. There are pictures of that being done to people, you know? I dunno if you should post them here though.

posted by Unidentified_Hacker on August 15, 2005 at 12:17 PM | link to this | reply

those all sound very painful. I'm sure glad I wasn't around for them

posted by Vanidad on August 15, 2005 at 12:14 PM | link to this | reply

Madam PO
Chickens are very ferocious i have been attacked many a time.xx

posted by mcbreeze on August 15, 2005 at 12:10 PM | link to this | reply