Ping!
man that sudden drop comes like a freight train huh....
Is Michael Richards there?
This video is not convincing. There is a matter of a few seconds then Saddam is on the ground, presumably dead. I can hold my breath way longer than the interval shown on this video. I have a problem with the trench coat that could have hidde a harness, and the material around his neck that could have hidden a collar. This is the way we fake hangings in the theatre.
http://yarchive.net/med/hanging.html
QUESTION: I have recently read that hanging victims died instantly because of a broken neck. Is this true? To me it sounds a bit unlikely: there are many people who have broken their necks and are still alive. Marco
ANSWER: No, the only thing that happens when you break your neck is that you don't kick and dance. It adds the pain of a broken neck to the first few seconds of the experience.
By all acounts death by hanging is only unpleasant during the time you want to breathe but can't, and you begin to lose consciousness due
to carotid artery constriction (following which the semi-conscious
events, by accounts of survivors, are quite pleasant, due to endorphins
released as the brain dies of ischemia-- the tremenous sense of
euphoria, calm, the white light, and so on). That's 10 or 15 seconds
if the noose is done correctly. The best way be hanged is probably
after taking a deep breath (so you don't need to breathe for the next
15 seconds) and having a noose which is well oiled and constricts well.
The neck-breaking is quite optional. Obviously, there are various ways
it can be bungled. But before 1850 when "the long drop" was pioneered
by Britain's hangmen, there are numberous accounts of people hanged by
the old method, who didn't struggle at all. Major John Andre, for
instance.
Whether your neck breaks or not, the time it takes the heart to
stop can be a few minutes to almost 20. Breaking the neck sucessfully
seems to shorten this time a bit, for reasons I don't fully understand,
but not by a great deal, and not infallably. And the tradeoffs, as
remarked, aren't worth it.
It sure ain't pretty, but it leaves absolutely no doubt that Saddam has left the building...
Looks like the MSM got scooped, again...
Game over.
It has the nice creepiness of a horror movie
I give it two thumbs up. The cinematography left a little to be desired, but the plot was outstanding. Best movie of the year, hands down!
How long until that server melts down?
That didn't take long.
Good job and good riddance...I'll be interested in hearing the audio translation of this...
In case no one noticed.....he surely wasn't smiling like he said he was going to. Imagine that.
I'm reminded of a biography type show I saw on the evil one, and the one part that really stood out to me.
He was among his peers, and sat on the stage like it was some kind of meeting. As a bit of time went by, one by one, names of men in the room were called, and they were escorted out, and taken to slaughter. These poor saps didn't have a clue what was going on. Saddam just sat up on that stage laughing and joking, business as usual.
It brings me a bit of peace to know he's somewhere quite warm tonight. Very warm.
Looks like the real deal.
Saddam's lucky he didn't end up like Thomas "Black Jack" Ketcham...hanged in New Mexico in 1901, there was no experienced hangman in the area, the rope was too long and, well, old Black Jack just lost his head over the whole thing....
Frankly we should remove his head and ship it to Abimijad as a friendly message.