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Edited on Sun Oct-19-03 08:44 PM by DrBB
Well, I mean, a molecular biologist isn't exactly an M.D. But still, this was a guy who specialized in knowing about weapons and how people die, yeah? And you don't get to molecular biology without taking some basic courses--anatomy and stuff, right? I mean, it's not all genes and amino acids from the get-go, is it?
Cuz here's the thing: slitting your wrists isn't a very good way to kill yourself in the first place, but if you are determined to do it that way, cutting across simply doesn't work. Blood--as yer average biochemist/molecular biologist/WMD expert knows--coagulates. Cutting across will leave you with a nasty scar, but it won't make you bleed to death. It's a common misconception, a form of ignorence that has saved many adolescent lives. But we're not talking about a spotty kid who got turned down for the Senior Prom, here. We're talking about, y'know, a Ph.D. in the life sciences, a specialist of some standing in the How-To-Kill-Millions business. How people actually die, what can actually kill 'em 'n' stuff. Could such a person really not know that you have to cut the long way?
If the commission concludes that this sideways cut actually contributed to his demise, then something is really screwy. You have to cut the long way, preferably right up to the elbow, and the traditional method involves lying in a tub of hot water to keep the red stuff flowing.
I'm not Sherlock Holmes but this one fact puts the whole incident in a very dubious light.
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