Truly gobsmacked- photo

[Mohican]

It's not often that a photo has me gobsmacked/speechless but this is one of those-

Execution by cannon, in Shiraz, Iran, Mid-Late 1800s

http://t.co/4rbaH7SbuM

[BorntoBubble]

Looks like the worst way to kill someone IMO what's the point? Seems like a lot of effort to tie someone to the right place then make sure no one is behind the cannon etc just put them in a pit with lions

[AdamM]

compasion / empathy fail ITT?

[mondatoo]

http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/the-most-absurd-human-rights-violations-127-execution-by-cannon/

[mondatoo]

Agree with Adam, strange posts itt.

[Ant040689]

http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/category/most-absurd-human-rights-violations/

Link above to the rest of the series, the blog seems interesting, didn't realise the extent of some of the harshness still happening to this very day.

[The Camel]

Would have appreciated some sort of indication in the thread title what a horrifying image it contained.

Made me feel physically sick.

[BorntoBubble]

What i never understand/stood about hangings is why people go to watch. Seeing a dead body is the most horrifying thing in the world why would you choose to go see someone be killed no matter how much of a bad person they are?

[AdamM]

compasion / empathy fail ITT?

Spelling and grammar in the thread?

you're right, missing an 's' out of compassion is unforgivable.
Don't know how I live with myself.

[Mohican]

Would have appreciated some sort of indication in the thread title what a horrifying image it contained.

Made me feel physically sick.

Sorry about that. I've changed the pic to a link to the photo where i spotted it.

[Redsgirl]

compasion / empathy fail ITT?

Spelling and grammar in the thread?

you're right, missing an 's' out of compassion is unforgivable.
Don't know how I live with myself.

And spaces either side of the slash. It's ok, you'll get over it with time ;-)

My apologies. My mates and I are in the middle of a pedantic spelling and grammar war at the moment on another thread elsewhere. It's spilling into other areas of my life and you appear to be an innocent caught in the crossfire!

Are spaces either side wrong? I always thought so, it seems to defeat the purpose, but old man Red insists on it, he even alters mine.
I've resisted contradicting him as yet, even though I know he's guess is probably as good as mine.
But, if I had someone to back me up..............

[tikay]

compasion / empathy fail ITT?

Spelling and grammar in the thread?

you're right, missing an 's' out of compassion is unforgivable.
Don't know how I live with myself.

And spaces either side of the slash. It's ok, you'll get over it with time ;-)

My apologies. My mates and I are in the middle of a pedantic spelling and grammar war at the moment on another thread elsewhere. It's spilling into other areas of my life and you appear to be an innocent caught in the crossfire!

Are spaces either side wrong? I always thought so, it seems to defeat the purpose, but old man Red insists on it, he even alters mine.
I've resisted contradicting him as yet, even though I know he's guess is probably as good as mine.
But, if I had someone to back me up..............

Morning Aunty.

Your Dad is wrong, but he'll not admit it, ever, he never does.

[Doobs]

http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/punctuation/other-punctuation-marks/4/slash/

[RED-DOG]

compasion / empathy fail ITT?

Spelling and grammar in the thread?

you're right, missing an 's' out of compassion is unforgivable.
Don't know how I live with myself.

And spaces either side of the slash. It's ok, you'll get over it with time ;-)

My apologies. My mates and I are in the middle of a pedantic spelling and grammar war at the moment on another thread elsewhere. It's spilling into other areas of my life and you appear to be an innocent caught in the crossfire!

Are spaces either side wrong? I always thought so, it seems to defeat the purpose, but old man Red insists on it, he even alters mine.
I've resisted contradicting him as yet, even though I know he's guess is probably as good as mine.
But, if I had someone to back me up..............

Morning Aunty.

Your Dad is wrong, but he'll not admit it, ever, he never does.

So it's bread/butter and not bread / butter?

[Redsgirl]

compasion / empathy fail ITT?

Spelling and grammar in the thread?

you're right, missing an 's' out of compassion is unforgivable.
Don't know how I live with myself.

And spaces either side of the slash. It's ok, you'll get over it with time ;-)

My apologies. My mates and I are in the middle of a pedantic spelling and grammar war at the moment on another thread elsewhere. It's spilling into other areas of my life and you appear to be an innocent caught in the crossfire!

Are spaces either side wrong? I always thought so, it seems to defeat the purpose, but old man Red insists on it, he even alters mine.
I've resisted contradicting him as yet, even though I know he's guess is probably as good as mine.
But, if I had someone to back me up..............

Morning Aunty.

Your Dad is wrong, but he'll not admit it, ever, he never does.

Hi Teeks.

I was going to ignore that hilarious greeting, but it got me thinking that actually, we would only use 'Aunty' to address our real aunts, if we bothered with any prefix at all.

Strange that, never really occurred to me till now. Just another one of those tiny little customs that different cultures have which mean nothing and everthing at the same time.

Anyhoo, thanks for chipping in to tell me dad was wrong. I can always count on you!

P.S. Everytime I think of you reading my posts I just know your playing exclamation mark/brackets/italics bingo.  #paranoia?