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To: TobagoJack who wrote (32851)	4/11/2008 12:10:15 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) of 217774

TJ, after a quick review of your links I feel queasy. You are correct about wheel vs rack. The consequences seem similar. The wheel being more primitive in design. The rack obviously more of a pre-industrial revolution design. Decades ago, I visited the Tower of London and the museum of cruelty visited on victims. Water boarding seems tame by comparison. It's interesting that the principal is the same though - tie a person down on a board so they are totally helpless against the cruel whims of their tormenters. Then cause terror. I don't think it's wise to suggest such processes. Given the nature of people, you might find your suggestions are adopted with enthusiasm and we find ourselves back in the era of tumbrils or further back in the era of "Last Man Standing" Colosseum arena tortures and horror [which the mob found attractive]. In China, rumour has it that Red Guards and others would visit tractor wheel crushing on people who were not acceptable. I wonder if such life experience influences you. It is within living memory that Germans performed grotesque horrors on hordes of individuals up close and personal. Japan was likewise individually enthusiastic about torment and cruelty. I doubt human evolution has moved beyond such "thinking" given the right circumstances. Please don't encourage it. I admit that such fears work on me to keep me protected. So perhaps it's as well that we be reminded of the depths of depravity when push comes to shove and mobs are enraged and out for revenge or something, whether they are right or wrong in selecting their victims. Mqurice

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