Talk:Disembowelment
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Which are the organs removed during disembowelment ? Only the intestines ? Jay 13:52, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I think the comments about Japanese disembowelment are inaccurate. (I'm fluent in Japanese and have lived in the country for 8 years, but don't consider myself a samurai expert:)) At any rate, discussion with other Japanophiles on another board has resulted in the following conclusions:
1. No evidence that "harakiri" is considered an insulting term. With reference to Japanese dictionaries. 2. Questionable whether the person committing seppuku was beheaded, or whether the kaishaku just cut the base of the neck.
I would also add that seppuku isn't really disembowelment per se: the innards are cut but not drawn out.
I suggest that the matter be further researched.
I place some doubt on the accuracy of the reference to the Spanish Inquisition. Was this procedure used in torture or in execution. In the former case it doesn't seem credible as immense permanent harm (I mean irreversible and not just limbing) was done to the accused, which is not in line with "torture principles" (No doubt such things were done, but we are talking about general occurence.) As for the latter case, the usual method of execution was burning at the stake. How many have been executed that way?
I will wait a couple of days and otherwise will delete the reference. Str1977 21:04, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Times up, folks, I'll do what I said. Str1977 20:54, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] This can't be true...
All cruel and bloody punishments in The Netherlands were abolished in 1795 . The notion that disembowelment was in our statute-book until 1936 must be untrue!
Robert Prummel The Netherlands
Moreover, the civil death penalty was abolished in 1870 and the military death penalty performed by firing squad. I removed the statement. --Jochietoch 11:52, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
