Darkprincess69
High Priestess of Slaanesh
Not sure a bullet is quicker, but you did add "usually" so yeah I guess. Most sources say that hanging takes 5-11 seconds or so. Naturally that will depend on the individual.No symbology other then the obvious. Kill me quick. A bullet is quicker then hanging, usually, and hanging is preferably to mutilation or burning. Just a scale of options from least painful to more painful when hope is lost.
Kind of reminds me of the time back in 2007 when Saddam Hussein's half-brother Barzan Tikriti was hanged, but when he reached the end of the drop, his head got ripped right off. The snowflake media then described this as "a terribly botched execution". I disagree - any execution that rips the head off someone seems like a pretty effective job (unless of course they were trying to do a fake execution to allow the guy to disappear and live a quiet life somewhere, in which case, oops )
Makes me think of that scene in "I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle" where the hero's best friend is found dead and the detective inquires about the cause of death, and the hero hilariously replies "I think he died because someone cut his head off"