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To: TobagoJack who wrote (15457)	3/16/2007 8:03:29 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217944

heads separation from body: report was written by a Dr. Beaurieux, who experimented with the head of a condemned prisoner by the name of Henri Languille, on June 28, 1905:[3] “ Here, then, is what I was able to note immediately after the decapitation: the eyelids and lips of the guillotined man worked in irregularly rhythmic contractions for about five or six seconds. This phenomenon has been remarked by all those finding themselves in the same conditions as myself for observing what happens after the severing of the neck... I waited for several seconds. The spasmodic movements ceased. [...] It was then that I called in a strong, sharp voice: 'Languille!' I saw the eyelids slowly lift up, without any spasmodic contractions – I insist advisedly on this peculiarity – but with an even movement, quite distinct and normal, such as happens in everyday life, with people awakened or torn from their thoughts. Next Languille's eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine and the pupils focused themselves. I was not, then, dealing with the sort of vague dull look without any expression, that can be observed any day in dying people to whom one speaks: I was dealing with undeniably living eyes which were looking at me. After several seconds, the eyelids closed again, slowly and evenly, and the head took on the same appearance as it had had before I called out. It was at that point that I called out again and, once more, without any spasm, slowly, the eyelids lifted and undeniably living eyes fixed themselves on mine with perhaps even more penetration than the first time. Then there was a further closing of the eyelids, but now less complete. I attempted the effect of a third call; there was no further movement – and the eyes took on the glazed look which they have in the dead.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (15457)	3/16/2007 8:28:07 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217944

youtube is blocked here, so it is impossible for me to watch the last public (botched and secretely filmed) gillotining. youtube.com

To: TobagoJack who wrote (15457)	3/16/2007 9:54:36 AM
From: foundation	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217944

re: old script ... it's astonishing, and amusing, how hard so many work at being entirely ignorant of history and its lessons (while not repeating, history clearly rhymes). ... we Americans are remarkably, exceptionally adept. ... and if we're too aware, or insufficiently gymnastic to evade the pangs of cogent analysis, ... we choose delusion, and voraciously consume the latest in an infinite succession of free lunches. bone appetit!