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The CBC reports:
If carbon dioxide emissions continue at their current pace, by the end of century parts of the Persian Gulf will sometimes be just too hot for the human body to tolerate, a new study says.
How hot? The heat index — which combines heat and humidity — may hit 74 to 77 C (165 to 170 degrees Fahrenheit) for at least six hours, according to numerous computer simulations in the new study. That's so hot that the human body can't get rid of heat. The elderly and ill are hurt most by current heat waves, but the future is expected to be so hot that healthy, fit people would be endangered, health experts say.
Also covered at phys.org. An abstract (with figures) is available; full article is pay-walled.
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(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 29 2015, @08:33AM
I wonder - how human are those who keep chop chop square in business?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deera_Square [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by turgid on Thursday October 29 2015, @10:29AM
Some Western countries still have the Death Penalty, and in some cases it is administered by questionable cocktails of chemicals which cause many minutes (over an hour) of torment to the victim. I'm not sure being beheaded in a single swipe by a sharp sword is so bad in comparison.
Now we could argue about who gets murdered by the state and for what definition of "crime" and to what standard of proof, but in the West it's usually poor, under-educated black people who are often mentally ill.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 29 2015, @10:44AM
We could also argue quanitity. I believe that more people die in chop chop than in all of the US, and probably all of the western world. To lazy to try finding numbers, it would take a good bit of digging.
(Score: 2) by fritsd on Thursday October 29 2015, @12:07PM
That was morbid, but interesting. If Saudi law has beheading as punishment for terrorism, I wonder what's going to happen to the Saudi prince [bbc.com] who was arrested with 2000 kilos of amphetamine in his private plane? I reckon that it was not for private use, but to sell or give away to people who need to fight fanatically until they drop :-(
(Score: 3, Interesting) by jdavidb on Thursday October 29 2015, @01:15PM
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 29 2015, @01:40PM
"If the market wanted people to be punished in cruel and unusual ways the invisible hand would do it." - D Trump
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Thursday October 29 2015, @03:36PM
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 29 2015, @04:36PM
"If the little people needed a voice, the market would let them be heard." - D. Trump
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Thursday October 29 2015, @06:58PM
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 29 2015, @07:42PM
"Thanks, I'll be here all week. Please tip your waitress." - D Trump.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 29 2015, @06:17PM
You're right. Capital punishment is inhuman.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday October 29 2015, @07:01PM
I don't get the Troll Mod. Pointing out that public beheadings aren't humane isn't trolling. There are actually only four countries that officially carry out public executions. Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, and Somalia. None of which are on my list of place that I would like to Vacation. In fact, they're more likely to be at the very top of the list of places I would not like to visit or be permanently housed.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 29 2015, @07:10PM
A lot of people bring their politics into these discussions. But, I can't complain, because I do too. Most nerds and geeks have progressive tendencies, and since I pointed out that Islam can be and/or is rather barbaric, one or more progressive has down modded me.
It happens.
It amuses me to see my karma go up and down, based on politics.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday October 30 2015, @10:19AM
Progressism in hand with Islam is one of the red flags that people should mind when considering ideologies as something more than mere tools.
Note I am not implying anything about the root around which ideology grows. But faith in ideals is personal and transmitted by example.
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(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday October 29 2015, @07:58PM
Public executions vs. put the guy in a room with a bunch of needles and only 1 or 2 dozen people get to watch. But everybody still knows about it.
I would look more closely at what they're being executed for. Beheading isn't exactly the worst way to go, I would imagine, as long as the executioner is skilled and has a sharp axe.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 29 2015, @11:23PM
Execution is still a public spectacle in the US, even if the actual deed is done behind closed doors. Just look at the populism of politicians who big-note themselves based on the killing - or the thousands of clap-happy ghouls who congregate around execution facilities to dance on the grave of the recently dispatched.