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To: mwilli20

Just use an N2 chamber. The squash gets hypoxic and "Night, night".

::::: no after-mess, cheap, nontoxic when released to atmosphere.

Don't he look natural?


57 posted on 12/15/2006 5:09:31 PM PST by Peelod (Decentia est fragilis. Curatoribus validis indiget.)
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To: Peelod

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_asphyxiation

Nitrogen asphyxiation
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Nitrogen asphyxiation is a theoretical method of capital punishment advocated by Stuart A. Creque in his article published in National Review, "Killing with kindness - capital punishment by nitrogen asphyxiation". The painful act of suffocation is not caused by lack of oxygen intake but rather because of a buildup of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream which is usually exhaled under normal circumstances.

When a human (or any other mammal) breathes in pure nitrogen, they exhale carbon dioxide without intaking oxygen. Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas - and which comprises approximately 80 percent of the Earth's atmosphere - as such, the subject would detect no abnormal sensation. This leads to asphyxiation without the painful and traumatic feeling of normal suffocation. Therefore, it is viewed by some as a much more humane way to end a human life in a controlled setting. Furthermore, nitrogen, as the principle component in air, is a commonly occurring element and poses no significant risk upon discharge. Dying by nitrogen asphyxiation is similar to that of carbon monoxide.


61 posted on 12/15/2006 5:21:05 PM PST by Peelod (Decentia est fragilis. Curatoribus validis indiget.)
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To: Peelod
Just use an N2 chamber. The squash gets hypoxic and "Night, night".

I was thinking more along the lines of a fishbowl helmet. No point in wasting an entire room full of nitrogen.

107 posted on 12/17/2006 4:48:11 PM PST by null and void (You might as well do something big, because doing something small is just as hard ~ Larry Bock)
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