Maybe we should reconsider the guillotine?

[ScottGardner]

This machine was used primarily to execute the aristocracy during the French Revolution. This revolution arose because the people were tired of being taxed to the hilt.

Swords were used initially because the aristocracy had been accustomed to the idea that they may die in battle and were raised to believe that dieing by sword was somehow more noble.

The guillotine was created because it was more efficient (and humane) than using swords and because the sword would dull after a few uses and a dull blade meant that the executioner would have to use many blows to finally sever the head.

Since all web and email access to Washington has been throttled, maybe we should start sending a bunch of toy guillotines to Washington to remind them that they work for the people.

 

[Tube60]

Something possibly more effective would be to hand out copies of Orwell's Animal Farm and also plain text transcriptions of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, in the lobbies of our houses of representation, at a state level and Washington as well. More than a few politicians would throw major stinky fits if that happened, regardless of party affiliation.

 

[nsgarch]

Scott, you seem like a modern guy. Don't you think a guillotine is a bit messy? How about a laser? Behead and cauterize all in one swell foop!

 

[Tube60]

Do bartenders still spear olives with those toy plastic swords for martinis? That would work too!

 

[Bernard]

Do bartenders still spear olives with those toy plastic swords for martinis? That would work too!

Death by a thousand cuts is what you no doubt have in mind. One has no effect, but a thousand .....

 

[User211]

Scott, it is far too nice. And with Neil's concern for making a mess, I suggest we consider this:

"But it was the final torture that made Edward II's death arguably the most famous in English royal history: a group of men pinned the deposed king beneath a mattress or table, pushed a horn into his anus, and then inserted a red-hot poker that burned out his internal organs. This grisly execution was supposedly devised to leave no visible mark on the body. "

Proving we English do NOT mess around, or indeed, leave a mess

 

[MiTT]

Scott, it is far too nice. And with Neil's concern for making a mess, I suggest we consider this:

"But it was the final torture that made Edward II's death arguably the most famous in English royal history: a group of men pinned the deposed king beneath a mattress or table, pushed a horn into his anus, and then inserted a red-hot poker that burned out his internal organs. This grisly execution was supposedly devised to leave no visible mark on the body. "

Proving we English do NOT mess around, or indeed, leave a mess

YEEEEOOOOOWWWWW!!!! That's gotta sting!

 

[Tube60]

Death by a thousand cuts is what you no doubt have in mind. One has no effect, but a thousand .....

:rocker:
That or the historical precedent of leaders who failed badly would throw themselves upon their swords. There's a scene from the movie Serenity that comes to mind!

 

[FISH_MAN]

bush could not even do that right!!!!

 

[Tube60]

Proving we English do NOT mess around, or indeed, leave a mess

Aye, but we Scots don't mess around either, but we're not above making a mess in the process!:ROFL: