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by CodeGlitch 1562 days ago
As long as it's in one cut.

Multiple cuts would be horrific.
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oblio 1562 days ago
Didn't we invent a device that took care of this problem? About 300 years ago?
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RobertMiller 1562 days ago
*230 years ago. But nobody uses guillotines anymore. The Saudis use a sword.
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oblio 1562 days ago
That was my point, why be so barbaric even in the method of execution, when we created a cleaner solution for this back in the day of the horse and buggy?
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kevin_thibedeau 1562 days ago
Happened to Mishima when his second couldn't cut after he'd opened up his belly.
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euroderf 1562 days ago
Used to happen a lot at the end of a long beheading workday.
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