DL’s Trash Target

150px-Michael_FisherMichael J. Fisher served as Chief of the United States Border Patrol and was a member of the Senior Executive Service from 2010 to 2015.[2]

Fisher was responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and directing enforcement efforts to secure the United States’ borders.[3]

Preferred Method:

Keelhauling is a form of punishment once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line that looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship’s keel, either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from bow to stern). As the hull was usually covered in barnacles and other marine growth, if the offender was pulled quickly, keelhauling would typically result in serious cuts, loss of limbs and even decapitation. If the victim was dragged slowly, his weight might lower him sufficiently to miss the barnacles, but this method would frequently result in his drowning.

6 thoughts on “DL’s Trash Target

  1. Where do these wonderful ways of torture come from? Who thinks up this stuff? For instance, who was the first drawn and quartered traitor? Who had the first fingernail removed. Burning at the stake would be fun to watch, better than the quick death of hanging. The Japs just threw you in a ditch and mowed you down with a machine gun. The Germans were more meticulous with their methods, if you believe the holohoax stories, gassing 6 million joos.

    Personally, beheading is spectacular and final. Guillotine’s are cool.

  2. Uh, Koyote…you forgot the “period”–should be DL.! 😉

    Otherwise, thanks!

    It’s been raining a lot lately in far west Texas (because that’s what happens every August), and I’ll let you know when Limpia Creek is overflowing…and since I also do sailing (but not in the Rio Grande!) every now and then…I can do the “keelhauling” (using a keel sailboat, that is!)

  3. “As the hull was usually covered in barnacles and other marine growth, if the offender was pulled quickly, keelhauling would typically result in serious cuts,…”

    Rinse repeatedly with battery acid (to avoid infection, don’cha know).

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