Saddam Hussein Hanging LIVE Thread

[steveegg]

I am confused.....the more you weigh the LESS you drop? ???

It's the force from the sudden deceleration that causes the neck to snap in a properly-executed measured (or long) drop hanging. The more mass there is, the less change in velocity is required to create the same force. The less mass, the more change in velocity is required.

So, a lighter hangee needs to be going faster than a heavier one to cause the neck to be snapped. The only way to do that is to lengthen the drop.

Personally, I wish they would raise Saddam up to hanging height and let him choke to death.

[mewzilla]

"And believe it or not some may celebrate"!!

The demise of a mass murdering psycho. Gee, what's to celebrate.

SNORT.

[Earthdweller]

"I am confused.....the more you weigh the LESS you drop? ???"

He must be getting the "long drop" hanging. It's meant to break the neck and considered to be more humane then letting them suffocate while the noose tightens.

The more you weigh the less distance it takes to make the fatal snap.

[Indy Pendance]

That is a good short story. You can read it online.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

[Artemis Webb]

Your predicting this conspiracy before my prediction of conspiracy is a conspiracy.

IT WAS YOU ON THE GRASSY KNOLL WASN'T IT !

[TexKat]

I do not think Allegra is in Iraq at the present.

[RasterMaster]

"It don't mean a thing if Saddam doesn't SWING! Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-WAH!"

[Indy Pendance]

I read it several times, one of my favorites.

[A Citizen Reporter]

I came to follow the execution of Saddam Hussein, and what I'm observing is the mass suicide of the media, as an added bonus. My bet is that nobody is reporting this correctly at this point.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Gives a whole new meaning to "terminal velocity." :)

[doug from upland]

Yes, I think he no longer has email access. It's too late.

Tomorrow, you might try saddam@hell.com

[awakened]

We are all so happy about the imminent and more-than-justified execution of SH. Yet imagine if it were Osama bin Laden instead. Somehow, our wrath toward OBL has been distracted and lessened by the daily watch of this pending execution. After all, OBL is indeed the one who started this war. (BTW... CNN is transmitting a phone conversation with SH's lawyer saying that he has definitely been transferred to Iraqi authorities.)

[Current Occupant]

You want to break his neck, not take his head off.

From what I understand it depends on where they have the knot. If it's in back he dies from suffocation. On the side he dies from broken neck and it's quicker.

Haven't seen anywhere where the knot will be.

[Wolfstar]

My bet is that nobody is reporting this correctly at this point.

I think you're absolutely right. :)

[TX Bluebonnet]

God Bless Texas!

[bray]

So Drunk Uncle Teddy would only have to drop about 2 inches?

Pray for W and Our Troops

[dirtboy]

Does anyone have that animated graphic of a cat swatting at a guy's feet? That would be purrfect for the occasion.

[TomGuy]

With these conflicting reports as to whether he has been turned over or not, we need to remember that we killed him 3 times before we finally captured him.


LOL

[Steve_Seattle]

"You guessed it, Al Gore's dumb movie."

Last night I had my annual Christmas dinner with some old, mostly liberal, college friends, and naturally one of them was going on and on about the evil Karl Rove. Liberals are truly obsessive personalities. We all know that Democrats NEVER do polling, mailings, phone campaigns, analysis, doorbell ringing, talking points, spin, strategy, and all the other stuff that Rove does. Democrats are just totally PURE. [sarcasm]

[bnelson44]

BBC is flashing that the US State Dept says Saddam is still in US hands.

http://www.bbcnews.com