[worker767424]

There are worse ways to go. You'd lose consciousness in just a few seconds from a sudden drop in blood pressure.

[lb1lf]

-While true, it would presumably be even better to not be executed in the first place - whether the execution takes place in Saudi Arabia, the US or any of the handful of countries still having the death penalty on its books.

[dlp211]

There are worst things than death, and everyone should consider what the alternative here is. I am absolutely against execution, but I also have zero agency over what Saudi Arabia is going to do to its prisoners, and when I consider the alternative, this is to me the preferable outcome.

[bostonsre]

I guess it depends on the conditions in the jail. Death could be merciful if the conditions are too bad.

[Ekaros]

I think most execution methods are worse... Some might be better, but generally they are not used...

[CodeGlitch]

As long as it's in one cut.

Multiple cuts would be horrific.

[oblio]

Didn't we invent a device that took care of this problem? About 300 years ago?

[kevin_thibedeau]

Happened to Mishima when his second couldn't cut after he'd opened up his belly.

[euroderf]

Used to happen a lot at the end of a long beheading workday.