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Old 02-29-2004, 10:21 PM
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Its called being Drawn and quartered.
Cause you are supposedly ripped into four pieces.



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Originally posted by Phasad1913
Also, I cannot remember which culture did this, but I have heard about a person being tied to two horses and the horses being prompted to run in opposite directions ripping the person apart. That is horrible. I still don't think that compares to the long and constant torture that Christ endured.

Some of the other descriptions of dramatic executions do seem to be a bit more torturous, but who knows?
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