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Rushtown
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:39 pm
Post subject: Head chopping off experiments. |
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To any of you terrorists in Iraq who are planning on cutting off the heads of
Western hostages in the next few months I request the following.
Now of course I ask you not to do it. (And you would help your cause by
refraining)
BUT if you must---would you conduct an experiment? Thanks.
The experiment is to ask the person ( or should I say the "head") whose head
has just been cut off to respond to a question by blinking. "Blink twice if you
hear me."
To properly conduct this experiment you must do the head cutting off very
swiftly---no more chopping and sawing that takes a few minutes like before.
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Rushtown
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:41 pm
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| Quote: | Subject: Head chopping off experiments.
From: rushtown@aol.com (Rushtown)
Date: 11/5/2004 9:39 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: <20041106003912.07275.00000222@mb-m10.aol.com
To any of you terrorists in Iraq who are planning on cutting off the heads of
Western hostages in the next few months I request the following.
Now of course I ask you not to do it. (And you would help your cause by
refraining)
BUT if you must---would you conduct an experiment? Thanks.
The experiment is to ask the person ( or should I say the "head") whose head
has just been cut off to respond to a question by blinking. "Blink twice if
you
hear me."
To properly conduct this experiment you must do the head cutting off very
swiftly---no more chopping and sawing that takes a few minutes like before.
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Oops, sorry, I meant to post this in ROM.
Please no criticism, I realize my ghastly mistake. |
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John Seeliger
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:54 pm
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"Rushtown" <rushtown@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041106004133.07275.00000223@mb-m10.aol.com...
| Quote: | Oops, sorry, I meant to post this in ROM.
Please no criticism, I realize my ghastly mistake.
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What's ROM, other that Read Only Memory?
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Rushtown
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:19 pm
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| Quote: | Subject: Re: Head chopping off experiments.
From: "John Seeliger" jseelige@hotpop.com
Date: 11/5/2004 9:54 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: <2v378aF2galrrU1@uni-berlin.de
"Rushtown" <rushtown@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041106004133.07275.00000223@mb-m10.aol.com...
Oops, sorry, I meant to post this in ROM.
Please no criticism, I realize my ghastly mistake.
What's ROM, other that Read Only Memory?
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Rec.Org.Mensa. Not just for Mensans. I'm not a Mensan but just post there in
hopes of getting an intelligent discussion. |
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Bill Bonde ( ``And the La
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:59 pm
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Rushtown wrote:
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Subject: Re: Head chopping off experiments.
From: "John Seeliger" jseelige@hotpop.com
Date: 11/5/2004 9:54 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: <2v378aF2galrrU1@uni-berlin.de
"Rushtown" <rushtown@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041106004133.07275.00000223@mb-m10.aol.com...
Oops, sorry, I meant to post this in ROM.
Please no criticism, I realize my ghastly mistake.
What's ROM, other that Read Only Memory?
Rec.Org.Mensa. Not just for Mensans. I'm not a Mensan but just post there in
hopes of getting an intelligent discussion.
Let me get this straight, you try to get intelligent discussion going by |
posting about talking to people's heads after they are cut off their
bodies?
--
The Republicans are going for the Dem jugular in 2008 with Pataki or
Giuliani for president, putting New York state in play, and Condi or
Colin for vice president, putting the black American vote into play. The
Dem response is to run Hillary. Hilarious. |
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Jim Ward
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:55 pm
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On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:59:21 -0800, "Bill Bonde ( ``And the Lamb lies
down on Broadway'' )" <stderr2@backpacker.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Let me get this straight, you try to get intelligent discussion going by
posting about talking to people's heads after they are cut off their
bodies?
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I am shocked by his presumption that he couldn't get an intelligent
discussion in AUE! |
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Steve Hayes
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:02 pm
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On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 23:54:20 -0600, "John Seeliger" <jseelige@hotpop.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | "Rushtown" <rushtown@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041106004133.07275.00000223@mb-m10.aol.com...
Oops, sorry, I meant to post this in ROM.
Please no criticism, I realize my ghastly mistake.
What's ROM, other that Read Only Memory?
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Trying to see if you can still read the memory.
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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk |
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:23 pm
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On 06 Nov 2004 06:19:58 GMT, rushtown@aol.com (Rushtown) wrote:
| Quote: | Subject: Re: Head chopping off experiments.
From: "John Seeliger" jseelige@hotpop.com
Date: 11/5/2004 9:54 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: <2v378aF2galrrU1@uni-berlin.de
"Rushtown" <rushtown@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041106004133.07275.00000223@mb-m10.aol.com...
Oops, sorry, I meant to post this in ROM.
Please no criticism, I realize my ghastly mistake.
What's ROM, other that Read Only Memory?
Rec.Org.Mensa. Not just for Mensans. I'm not a Mensan but just post there in
hopes of getting an intelligent discussion.
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I question your bait. |
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Jess Askin
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 11:56 pm
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"Jim Ward" <tomcatpolka@NyOaShPoAoM.com> wrote in message
news:irepo0p0fv23643cdq13i4cnpb90vi5qpp@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:59:21 -0800, "Bill Bonde ( ``And the Lamb lies
down on Broadway'' )" <stderr2@backpacker.com> wrote:
Let me get this straight, you try to get intelligent discussion going by
posting about talking to people's heads after they are cut off their
bodies?
I am shocked by his presumption that he couldn't get an intelligent
discussion in AUE!
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I'm shocked that he thought he could get it in Mensa. The people I know who
belong are all real idiots. |
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Skitt
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 5:26 am
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Jess Askin rakstija:
| Quote: | "Jim Ward" wrote:
"Bill Bonde wrote:
Let me get this straight, you try to get intelligent discussion
going by posting about talking to people's heads after they are cut
off their bodies?
I am shocked by his presumption that he couldn't get an intelligent
discussion in AUE!
I'm shocked that he thought he could get it in Mensa. The people I
know who belong are all real idiots.
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Well, no. They are not idiots, but many of them are quite maladjusted.
--
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/ |
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Anzelm Kociubajka
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 6:13 am
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Użytkownik "Rushtown" <rushtown@aol.com> napisał w wiadomości
news:20041106003912.07275.00000222@mb-m10.aol.com...
| Quote: | To any of you terrorists in Iraq who are planning on cutting off the heads
of
Western hostages in the next few months I request the following.
Now of course I ask you not to do it. (And you would help your cause by
refraining)
BUT if you must---would you conduct an experiment? Thanks.
The experiment is to ask the person ( or should I say the "head") whose
head
has just been cut off to respond to a question by blinking. "Blink twice
if you
hear me."
To properly conduct this experiment you must do the head cutting off very
swiftly---no more chopping and sawing that takes a few minutes like
before.
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No matter how stupid your request is (as you mentioned, you wanted to get
an intelligent discussion) - I will disappoint you: that sick experiment had
already been carried out in 1794 by Antoine Lavoisier, the French scientist,
who established the Law of Conservation of Mass and proved Priestley's
discoveries concerning oxygen, hydrogen and the chemical composition of the
atmosphere.
When he was to be beheaded, he asked those watching the execution to count
how many times he would blink his eyes after his head was cut off. It turned
out that he was able to blink his eyelids seventeen times after the
execution. Now - no matter what we think about experiments carried out in
such hostile and inhuman circumstances - we have to admit tha Lavoisier was
a real scientist, who - even facing death - thought of yet another
exploration of nature mysteries.
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Skitt
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 6:35 am
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Anzelm Kociubajka rakstija:
| Quote: | Uzytkownik "Rushtown" napisal ...
To any of you terrorists in Iraq who are planning on cutting off the
heads of
Western hostages in the next few months I request the following.
Now of course I ask you not to do it. (And you would help your cause
by refraining)
BUT if you must---would you conduct an experiment? Thanks.
The experiment is to ask the person ( or should I say the "head")
whose head
has just been cut off to respond to a question by blinking. "Blink
twice if you
hear me."
To properly conduct this experiment you must do the head cutting off
very swiftly---no more chopping and sawing that takes a few minutes
like before.
No matter how stupid your request is (as you mentioned, you wanted to
get an intelligent discussion) - I will disappoint you: that sick
experiment had already been carried out in 1794 by Antoine Lavoisier,
the French scientist, who established the Law of Conservation of Mass
and proved Priestley's discoveries concerning oxygen, hydrogen and
the chemical composition of the atmosphere.
When he was to be beheaded, he asked those watching the execution to
count how many times he would blink his eyes after his head was cut
off. It turned out that he was able to blink his eyelids seventeen
times after the execution. Now - no matter what we think about
experiments carried out in such hostile and inhuman circumstances -
we have to admit tha Lavoisier was a real scientist, who - even
facing death - thought of yet another exploration of nature mysteries.
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That is a myth. See
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/2004/May/abs629.html
Unfortunately, I am not a subscriber, so I can't post the complete text of
the article.
--
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/ |
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John Varela
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:33 am
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On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 23:35:20 UTC, "Skitt" <skitt99@comcast.net> wrote:
Here's what Cecil has to say;
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_262.html
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John Varela
(Trade "OLD" lamps for "NEW" for email.)
I apologize for munging the address but the spam was too much. |
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Steve Hayes
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:53 am
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On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 10:56:04 -0600, "Jess Askin" <nospam@dontbother.net> wrote:
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"Jim Ward" <tomcatpolka@NyOaShPoAoM.com> wrote in message
news:irepo0p0fv23643cdq13i4cnpb90vi5qpp@4ax.com...
On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:59:21 -0800, "Bill Bonde ( ``And the Lamb lies
down on Broadway'' )" <stderr2@backpacker.com> wrote:
Let me get this straight, you try to get intelligent discussion going by
posting about talking to people's heads after they are cut off their
bodies?
I am shocked by his presumption that he couldn't get an intelligent
discussion in AUE!
I'm shocked that he thought he could get it in Mensa. The people I know who
belong are all real idiots.
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The ones I know who belong are just insecure, thought that sometimes makes
them say idiotic things.
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk |
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Spehro Pefhany
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 11:19 am
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On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 03:33:48 GMT, the renowned "John Varela"
<OLDlamps@earthlink.net> wrote:
The throat-slitting is similar to the animal slaughter methods used by
Halal and Kosher butchers. Advocacy groups cite what they say is a
scientific study that indicates that unconsciousness follows almost
instantly after the first cut is made, and that the animals suffer
less than with the typical pneumatic killing bolt methods used in
modern slaughterhouses. Outward appearances would seem to indicate
the opposite. In the study, they surgically implanted sensors into
the brains of animals, waited for the animals to recover from
surgery, and then slaughtered them. This is disputed by other
studies:
http://www.comores-online.com/mwezinet/religion/hallal.htm
http://www.secularism.org.uk/animalslaughter.doc
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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