Talk:Garrote

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Photo

As much as I love seeing a still from that scene, is the image of Luca Brasi getting strangled to death appropriate for the article? It doesn't really show the garrotte itself. 68.14.76.151 04:40, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It is horrifying and a diagram of the garrotte or something similar would be more appropriate. Since we seem to agree on the matter, I'll remove it. Kyarorain 17:24, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On that note, I don't even think the photo of the other man waiting for execution is justified. As I mentioned in the discussion for the stoning article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning), these kinds of photos are a violation of the victim's privacy, which should be more important than illustrating an encyclopedic article. Alternatives are: to black out the victim's face, to replace the photo with a drawing, or to link to the photo in External Links (which only marginally corrects the problem).Nojamus (talk) 14:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Short History

Much of this section is devoted to executions in Spain and not the actual history of garroting, I don't know if anybody else thinks it should be removed, it just reads poorly.

The article also seems not to address criminal use of the garrote except a brief mention of use by assasins. I don't know if it's reputation for use in organized crime is warranted, but I think it should be addressed, either with a mention of its use or a note that the reputation isn't warranted, whichever is the case. Matveiko 20:07, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Advocating Torture and Slavery?

I think the following line should be altered:

In British criminal law, garrotte also was a defined type of violent robbery using at least physical threat against the victims. The imposition of a punishment comprising flagellation in addition to penal servitude was successful in almost eliminating it in the 19th century.

This line, with no evidence, seems to be implying that torture ("flagellation") and slavery ("penal servitude") eliminate crime. That is not an established fact (and, in fact, I suspect, is actually wrong), and there is no citation to support this claim, which implicitly advocates violations of the International Declaration of Human Rights and other such documents and therefore ought to be held to a particularly high standard of proof. What do y'all think? Metrodorus

I've waited about a half day. No one has objected to my proposed edit. I am going to change the main article to eliminate references to the salutary effects of "flagellation" and "penal servitude." Metrodorus

Cela

I heard that Camilo José Cela managed to acquire what he was told was the last used garrote of the Spanish penal system. It is on show at the Cela Foundation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.20.17.84 (talk) 13:03, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you can find a reliable citation or reference for that, then go ahead and add it to the article. If its just something you heard, then other readers and editors have no way of knowing whether its true or just here-say. See Wikipedia:Verifiability for more information. Wikipedia:Citing sources explains how to cite the reference if you find one. Ollie 13:49, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Roman use of the garotte

I'm not expert on the history of the garotte, but I remember when reading the about the Cataline conspiracy that various people were sent to the Tullianum in Rome and were killed with a Laqueus which as I recall is generally translated as a garotte. There is no mention of any use in this article before the middle ages, although clearly as such a simple instrument the garotte is bound to have been used by ancients. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Purestgreen (talk • contribs) 08:20, 5 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

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Question about term

I was under the impression that to "Garrote" someone was to slit their throat? Or in some other way damage their throat to prevent them from breathing, but not strangulation in exact? Morbid subject I know, I'm curious though as it seems to when used as an adjective it describes a bleeding, or freshly cut throat. Is the article improperly named, or? Neuro√Synapse ▪ ∆ 08:45, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. Your impression is wrong.Eregli bob (talk) 10:41, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, as long as you're so sure. Been everywhere, seen everything, huh? Usage is clearly an issue with this terribly edited article - the first assertion is crap: "A garrote ...is a handheld weapon," and then goes on to merely allude to the execution chair -- which, to Neurosynapse's point, RUPTURES the neck. 71.164.128.167 (talk) 08:21, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]