20 Gnarliest Torture Devices of All Time
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What would have been the worst aspect of life during the European middle ages? Heinous personal hygiene? No. Disease and famine? Hardly. That really crappy mandolin music that midgets enjoy dancing to? Close, but wrong again. The worst thing about medieval life was the unwavering evil of the Christian “justice” system and the tools of torture they employed.
The following are the 20 worst torture devices of all time in order of sheer terror:
20. Punishing Shoes
The shoes were often used in conjunction with the standing pillory (a device that holds your head and wrists in place while you stand). How long do you think you could stand on your tippy-toes before you had to rest your heels on those iron spikes?
19. Heretic’s Fork
The four sharp points snugly nestled under the chin and sternum were designed to allow the victim just enough range of motion with his mouth to murmer a confession.
12. The Pear
Hinging on your gender, the pear was either placed in your anus or your vagina in its thin form and then cranked to open up and blossom into a rather uncomfortable position.
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not speaking of what they did to the homosexuals, and lately the Algerians to the “harkies” who were fighting with the frenchs : they were roasted like a mutton for a mechoui party
and what about the chinese “supplices”
November 11th, 2007 at 9:33 amQuite the list. I am a good portion of it is still used today, and I am also sure they can definitely get any answer they want. A few people here would probably like to see some other’s go through these.
November 11th, 2007 at 10:04 amA lot of these things are still in use to today. In NK, China, Iran, Syria…anywhere where western values do not exist…this is still the norm. Incidently, these things are nothing compared to AQ’s manual of interrogation.
One last thought. With those who continue to practice such evil, the Geneva Convention is a waste of time. No matter what the West does, if our people are captured by those that practice such things in war…our people will suffer slow death, irrespective of whether or not we observe the Geneva protocols.
Our enemy is conducting a war of annhilation, where there are no rules for anyone…We should cut our enemies no slack.
November 11th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Yeah definitely some disgusting shit. the human mind is capable of alot of evil, scary thought.
November 11th, 2007 at 10:58 amThank God I wasn’t born in the middle ages.
People are sick.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:15 amAnd WE torture people?
Leftist ‘tards.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:19 amYo Bash what the hell is the point of this? is it to say that Christianity is worse or equal to the evil of AQ or is it that
November 11th, 2007 at 11:42 amif the US waterboards at least it isn’t as bad as the christians! The people who employed these devices were the AQ
of their day and had taken control of the Christian church to their own ends and it certainly had nothing what so ever to do with being a Christian. Evil is as evil does and wears many different hats. The Christianity I believe is a light to this world and salt of the earth. We do things like send school supply packages to our troops to hand out to the kids in Iraq and Afghanistan. There, I think I got that rock out of my shoe.
I have seen a lot of these devices in person, there is a museum of Crime and Punishment in Rothenburg, Germany that holds a massive collection of medieval torture and punishment devices. It’s one thing to read about them but to see these items in person really brings home how cruelly inventive people can be.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:58 amThere’s one that is even worse: Rosie O’Donnell.
November 12th, 2007 at 12:23 amI’ll bet Richard Gere has the pear with the optional gerbil chute. I’m guessing that the interrogation chair is where they came up with the term “Light a fire under your ass.”
November 12th, 2007 at 5:43 am