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Originally Posted by TGS
Maybe the second and subsequent printings of "the cartoons" comes pretty close. Not that I am suggesting that causing offence by words or by images warrants a physically violent response, simply that some of the re-printings seem to me to have been motivated by the wish to provoke a response from the Islamic community.
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has anyone actually seen copies of these? I keep hearing conflicting stories, ie; the artist had no intention of depicting jesus
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Originally Posted by alecE
Crucifixion as practiced by the Romans could be 'fine-tuned' to prolong of shorten the dying of the victim. Depending on how high the victim's shoulders were in relation to the horizontal part of the cross, the ability to breathe was more or less restricted. The lower the victim's shoulders, the harder it was to breathe. This could only be ameliorated by straightening the legs. Hence the deliberate fracturing of the femurs to precipitate death. Some experimental data may be gained by trying to breathe whilst suspended in a crucifixion-like pose from suitable equipment in the gym. Don't try this at home kids.
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experiments
have already been done. there was actually a different story I was looking for, but this is the one I found