Emanuel AME massacre trial

[Big RR]

Maybe it's more the size than the speed, but I have seen some chippers that have the power to shred fairly large tree branches very quickly.

As an aside, when I was an undergrad I did a research project that involved animals (mainly rats, mice, and rabbits); one thing we did was to assay then entire mouse body for a particular analyte--for certain reasons it had to be performed on a live mouse and it had to be fast. We had a high speed blender into which the mouse was deposited that prepared a homogenate (that's the nicest term I could think of for it) in seconds. IMHO, not enough time for any pain. I would think we could do the same on a larger scale for people (not that I condone capital punishment).

[Guinevere]

I've blended and microwaved mice before, but only after they were killed (and then for purposes of feeding other critters). Ugh -- no way I could have done it to the live ones. I leave the area when my Swede is cooking lobsters, I can't stand hearing them clanging around in the pot (and yes, I have done it myself, I prefer not to).

[Big RR]

It's not something I recall too fondly; it was just something that needed to be done for the project (and while I won't go into details, trust me, it was not the worst task).

As for microwaving, we used to he up dead mice for a boa constrictor in the lab; we use to have to push the heated body with a pencil or something else to make it move and seem alive or the snake would ignore it.

[RayThom]

[BoSoxGal]