re cruel was re political atheists in article r emjinnmk gap caltech edu keith cco caltech edu keith allan schneider writes kmr po cwru edu keith m ryan writes but this just shows then that painful execution is not considered cruel and unusual punishment this shows that cruel as used in the constitution does not refer to whether or not the punishment causes physical pain rather it must be a different meaning i don t think so although some forms of execution are painful the electric chair looks particularly so i think the pain is relatively short lived drawing and quartering on the other hand looks very painful and the victim wouldn t die right away he d bleed to death i d imagine so what do we have now an integral over pain x time i get to lash you with a wet noodle for ever but i only get to cut you up with a power saw if i m quick about it jon
