• Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 days ago

      Surely it could be done with a plastic blade topped by a bit of stone for weight.

      Sure, one might have to pull it back up and let it plunge back down a couple of times to finish the job, but that’s alright.

      • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
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        6 days ago

        The piece of plastic that would work would cost more than the steel. Why not just drop a large rock on their heads. Clearly the guillotine wasn’t gruesome enough to serve as a deterrent. Maybe that will be.