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    Hang about, that can't be right.

    Amnesty calls for mercy as Iran plans to re-hang execution survivor - The Globe and Mail

    So they hang him the first time, from the sound of it just by dangling from a rope rather than the Proper British Way of using a drop.

    He survives, so they're going to make him better, then do it again.

    Feck me, it's almost as bad as Texas*.



    *Lune, sentenced to death for sommat or other, probly jaywalking & being black, avoided this for some years on grounds of insanity, so they "cured" him & then executed him.

    #2
    If I were him I wouldn't get better.

    "How's your neck today?"

    "Still a bit of a twinge I'm afraid."

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      #3
      You'd not even see this behaviour in animals.
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #4
        Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
        You'd not even see this behaviour in animals.
        Have you seen the deaths and lives ruined by drug dealers?

        BTW http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Francis
        Last edited by Paddy; 22 October 2013, 13:19.
        "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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          #5
          Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
          You'd not even see this behaviour in animals.
          I take it you don't have a cat. Mine will happily torture a mouse, wait for it to recover and then start again.
          England's greatest sailor since Nelson lost the armada.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Uncle Albert View Post
            I take it you don't have a cat. Mine will happily torture a mouse, wait for it to recover and then start again.
            Lionesses have been known to do this to buffaloes who've angered them by having a go at cubs, hunting them down time and time again before eventually killing them and eating them.
            And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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              #7
              Sounds like a false positive.
              "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                #8
                It's sad that for a while Iran had a moderate regime,and an intellectual middle class

                We're still living with the aftershocks of the overthrow of the Shah now, would there be such a problem in the middle east without that revolution and the downfall of Sadam Hussein
                Doing the needful since 1827

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by amcdonald View Post
                  It's sad that for a while Iran had a moderate regime,and an intellectual middle class

                  We're still living with the aftershocks of the overthrow of the Shah now, would there be such a problem in the middle east without that revolution and the downfall of Sadam Hussein
                  It still has an intellectual middle class and it will possibly have a moderate regime in the future. The Shah wasn't necessarily a nice chap though; perhaps less awful than the people who took over, as long as you weren't on the recieving end. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(1978)
                  And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
                    Have you seen the deaths and lives ruined by drug dealers?

                    BTW Willie Francis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
                    WHS - It's about time we started hanging ours

                    (and of course all the murderers and terrorists cluttering up our prisons at vast expense)
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