I love reading those glimpses in history where we question humanity. When it comes to punishing, I have noticed there is always this nastiness, ill inspired sentiment of evil. I wonder who was in charge of coming out with those inventions to torture and how each one of those instruments were designated for specific crimes. If those types of punishments existed, does it mean there were no criminals ? I want to think at least criminals were either excellent hiding or flying the scene. Because dying in any of those torture diabolical ways does not sound appealing at all. Compare to the jail system we have now, wow! Big difference. Great article.