do as we say not as we do..guillotine

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the last open air guillotine in france was in 1939

the nazi's used it extensively in france during the occupation, but behind walls

the last execution with a guillotine was actually in 1977....france then soon

after abolished the death penalty

as for life after decapitation..yes and no

it is possible for the brain to remian aware 13-20 seconds after being severed

assuming the blow doesn't render you instantly unconscious

but...a lot of the stories of eyes blinking and such appear to be apocraphal...

there is a famous tale of the murderess of murat..forgot her name..sorry...being

guillotined and the executioner slapping her cheeks, and the crowd swore she

blushed and then her face turned indignant..but...my question is..she blushed?

with wot? she has no way t o pump blood into her cheeks..assumin it all just

didn't dump out into the basket...

 

while i'm not saying its not impossible, i think a lot of the stories are just

that..stories...

tho..i'm sure some folks are unlucky enough to be still conscious fr a few

seconds afterwards

 

i especially like the one about two rival National Assembly members who were

beheaded, and then one bit the other one...thats almost cute..

 

 

 

 

Anouk Sickler <zurumato

Sep 24, 2005 10:42 PM

 

Re: do as we say not as we do..anthrax

 

hi fraggle,

 

don't think I'm weird, but I once

researched what it would be like to be guillotined

and the history of it, the last one being done in the 30's in france.

 

I once read that a persons brain is alive for exactly

one to three minutes after being chopped off.

In essence

meaning, that those that had thier head paraded in front

of the crowd, got to see people cheer

about their own head being cut off.

 

a scientist once, guillotined a criminal, stared at the head and the

head blinked back

at him and attempted to speak.

 

 

, fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote:

> of course fine is a relative term

> surviving smallpox just to have yer head lopped off..hmmm..how great

of a trade is that?

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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