tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34027986.post4135335969965171886..comments2009-03-05T15:58:10.945-05:00Carling Marshall-Luymeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18198125662614106971noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34027986.post-81450797399262613272009-03-05T15:58:00.000-05:002009-03-05T15:58:00.000-05:00Disturbing. I work with an Arab man who told a group of us at work that when he was a child, his father took him to a public execution in the Middle East. He said the man being executed kneeled down, clasped his hands behind him and leaned forward. The executioner whacked his head off at the neck with a machete. His head rolled around on the ground such that the man's face was positioned such that his still blinking eyes could see his headless body, at least until his brain finally died. He ended that statement with a shrug, "That's the way it's done there." Then he went on yakking about something else while we were all still contemplating what he just said and trying not to look shocked. Is it any wonder the world is such a mess when humans use someone else's death as entertainment?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34027986.post-40577988744027197572008-05-03T05:52:00.000-04:002008-05-03T05:52:00.000-04:00One of the reasons public executions were ended in England was because the crowd had a tendency to cheer the hanged man rather than booing him.<BR/>Anyway, interesting blog and keep up the good work.<BR/>A.W.Andy Walpolehttp://www.historynexus.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34027986.post-1912849286654246742007-07-25T22:52:00.000-04:002007-07-25T22:52:00.000-04:00Dear Carling,<BR/><BR/>As the Editors-in-Chief of the University of Waterloo's first annual Undergraduate History Journal, we would like to thank you for your essay about <I>Survival at Auschwitz</I>. Dr. Bruce nominated your paper for our journal, and we have accepted it!<BR/><BR/>Could you please contact us for more information at uwhistory@gmail.com? We'd be happy to give you more details at that time.<BR/><BR/>Once again, congratulations. We enjoyed reading your essay.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Denis Clark<BR/>Andrew Kloiber<BR/>Editors-in-Chief<BR/>University of Waterloo Undergraduate History Journal<BR/><BR/>P.S. Our apologies for contacting you on your blog. We didn't have any of your personal contact information.UWHistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732728753409859012noreply@blogger.com