This linked story made me sick to my stomach. Too Iranian teenage boys, one still a minor, hanged for having gay sex. Under Iranian law they were given a choice on how to die: by hanging, stoning, being sliced in half with a sword, or dropped from a high perch. Boys hanged
swords actually do have taste. its very metallic tasting almost like putting your tongue on a battery.
Why would someone want to be stoned? Or hung, sliced, or fallen to their death for that matter...:lol:
Tough choice there. Slicing me in half? Definitely out. It seems to me that getting stoned to death would be pretty difficult. (I'll try my best to not include parodies of the stoning anology) I mean, they must have MLB pitchers throwing these stones or just be dropping humongous stones on their head... If they could knock me unconscious with the one stone to the head & go from there, I guess this wouldn't be that bad (considering the options, of course). Getting hung never seemed like a good way to go. Your body twitches for several seconds & then you crap yourself & all, so I'd say no to that. I think, the absolute best way to go of these options, would be to get really really high & jump from a high peak. With the delayed reaction, you wouldn't even realize you were about to hit the bottom till after it happened (thus, not at all). Yea - I'd go with that one.
They actually have very specific stoning requirements, such as a minimum and maximum size stone, so you don't get an instant death. You're buried up to your head or torso (depending on gender...don't remember which is which), hooded, and then the savages start lobbing stones your way. It can take quite a while, and seems like an absolutely horrible way to go. The upside is if you survive (read: somehow get out of the hole OR have a titatium-lined melon) you are set free. Neither is likely. Horrible, horrible death...and at the hands of complete savages. I'll pass on that one.
