What is the point of a firing squad if they could just fire at the head once?

You've never killed someone, huh? Unless you're an actual monster, killing a person, knowing that you've killed a person, will haunt you. There are five people on a firing squad for diffusion of…

Top stories for Long   What is the point of a firing squad if they could just fire at the head once? Sophia-Helene Mees de Tricht, Organizer/(Not That Kind of) Lobbyist • Answered March 24 You've never killed someone, huh? Unless you're an actual monster, killing a person, knowing that you've killed a person, will haunt you. There are five people on a firing ... Read more » 2M 5.4K 113   Why is Laos not famous as a tourist country compared to its neighbors in Southeast Asia? Wirawan Winarto, Indonesian. Ex-engineer at Microsoft, Samsung, & Intel • Updated June 3, 2018 I remember one American tourist who traveled across Southeast Asia told me his experiences, "Thailand is beautiful, Philippines is fun, Indonesia is adventurous, Malaysia i... Read more » 1.3M 2.7K 151   Why is Louisiana experiencing population decline? Why don't more people want to live in Louisiana? Sandy Patterson, former Makes Gris Gris Gumbo • Answered December 23 You must be kidding. I lived in New Orleans before Katrina, and it was okay, but I'm also white, relatively wealthy, and I was renting. Since then it has not improved. Just t... Read more » 1.1M 2.3K 132   Poland seems desirable to Putin due its mountainous defense regions and would provide a secure border for Russia. Do you think that once Ukraine becomes consolidated under Russia, Putin will invade Poland and capture its major cities? Norbert Szczęch, Lecturer (2008-present) • Answered March 3 Even Stalin wasn't so stupid as to incorporate Poland into Soviet Union. He was asked to do this by the so called "Polish" communists, yet he knew better. That's because Russ... Read more » 237.4K 2.2K 133   I have two employees who usually leave work at 6pm each day. They are good employees, but I do not like that their commitment lasts only for working hours. What should I do as the boss? Kevin Herring, Founder and President of Ascent Management Consulting • Answered November 7 Early in my career I worked for a CEO who complained about employees arriving late to work each morning. He wanted managers to put a stop to it and demanded the errant empl... Read more » 2.6M 10.4K 530   If WW3 were to start, what would you do? Chris Ebbert, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, Mid Sweden University • Updated March 3 Since we are on the brink of it, I have been thinking about this in earnest lately. It would depend a bit on where you live, too, of course. As for myself, as a rural dwell... Read more » 1.2M 827 180   Why does my DNA say I am 9 percent Native American? I am black and I only know one grandparent, but my mother's people are from Louisiana and my father's from Mississippi. Mike Jones, Over 30 years in the technology industry. • Updated June 11, 2019 Here's a dirty little secret that the DNA analysis people don't want you to know: DNA is a lousy way to determine your ancestry. How can that be, you cry? Don't I get half m... Read more » 740.4K 3K 262   I accidentally put 3 liters of Diesel in a petrol car and put 33 liters of gasoline. Should I be worried? By the way I'm a pump attendant. Alan Murrie, 12 years of training with an ex Jaguar works Motor Engineer • Updated April 6 Live and learn. You noticed the error in the nick of time. The diesel has an octane number of around 25–40. An approx. 10% contamination will thus lower the tank octane by ... Read more » 5M 2.3K 254   How bad are Russian losses in Ukraine, and are they realistically bad enough to make Russia reconsider its decision to invade? Will Ukraine end up with a Pyrrhic victory? Mats Andersson, Did military service not 200 miles from the Soviet Union • Answered March 14 If Ukrainian figures are to be believed, Russia has lost 6% of the committed forces. This is bad. Orthodox Western strategy says you should consider retreating at 10% losses... Read more » 303.3K 2.7K 148   I discovered my whole house is wired with aluminum wiring. As I want to extend a couple circuits for outside outlets can I use copper tied in with the aluminum wiring and then use copper only outlets outside? Loring Chien, electrical engineer and audiophile for 45 years • Updated March 20 I am an electrical engineer. If faced with a house of Aluminum wiring I would call a good, well qualified licensed, older electrician to deal with the problem and thank you... Read more » 588K 3.2K 306   What was Napoleon like as a person? Joshua Wong, studied Master of Business Administration Degrees • Updated January 31 There have been studies on a Managers performance and their general intelligence. Contrary to popular depiction, the more intelligent an individual, the more capable they a... Read more » 282.9K 1K 24   What element of Chinese culture has changed the most over the last three decades? Xane Feng, I am Chinese • Answered April 1, 2019 I left China exactly 30 years ago, so I feel qualified to answer this question. Perhaps the singular most dramatic change in Chinese culture over the last 30 years is the ch... Read more » 105K 537 49 Read more in your feed

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