Ropes are cheaper, reusable, and recyclable.
True, but I don’t think ropes send the message to wannabe’s like public guillotine would...I once read somewhere that the head would live for a couple of seconds, and in particular cases,the executioner would hold it up where it could see it’s body. I have no idea if that is true or possible though.Just the thought of a guillotine should give these little gang-bangers the willies...