[pepsi_junkie]

If you want a deterrent, go back to the mongol wishbone tactic. (It's a 4-way split). Couldn't beat the Persion's method: scaphism.

You use two stacked boats to make a box sort of like a magician uses to saw a person in half, with head/arms/legs sticking out. You cover the culprit in honey and force him to drink honey and milk until he is ready to burst then you put him in a swamp. The critters then take care of it over a few days. Whoever came up with that one must have been really ticked at the first guy who got this treatment.

[Smokin' Joe]

Interesting, but probably only something people would watch the higlights of. Short attention spans and all that.

Of course, it is hard to horrify a multitude which views slaughter every night on TV or engages in it via video games. Without that, the deterrent falls victim to desensitization.

In the '50s, just the idea of a visit to ol' Sparky, or the gas chamber was enough to get many thinking. Not so any more.