Re: Electric Chair



maxfoo@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

After watching the hanging of Saddam, I got to thinking... Why doesn't
the United States do hangings instead of electric chairs for
executions. With all stories I hear of faulty electricutions, you'd
think the US would start hanging again like they did in the old west.
Damn Edison!!!

The daft idea was that the electric chair would be painless.

If ppl had stopped to think..... Cooking ppl to death is especially gruesome.

Graham

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