What if I wrapped myself in aluminum foil or something like that, would I be immune to being tetanized?
• First, you would have to be very sure that you didn’t leave any skin uncovered, because the human body is as electrically conductive as a sack of salty water. The current would spread from an uncovered wrist, ankle, or neck to a very wide area. Second, you wouldn’t be protected from the bullets that would likely follow a police officer’s failure to stop you by a more harmless means. • Is tetanizing painful? • There is no pain whatsoever. In fact, when the rate of electrical pulses is properly adjusted, it is impossible to feel the tetanizing effect. • Can you make it painful? • Although it is not our intent to inflict pain, if the current were increased and the optimal pulse repetition rate were lowered to 2 or 3 pulses per second, the affected person would feel painful shocks. • Suppose a police officer held the beams on someone’s eyes for a long time. Would it hurt? • Aside from the fact that conducting the current through a person’s face would not immobilize him, prolonged exposur
• First, you would have to be very sure that you didn’t leave any skin uncovered, because the human body is as electrically conductive as a sack of salty water. The current would spread from an uncovered wrist, ankle, or neck to a very wide area. Second, you wouldn’t be protected from the bullets that would likely follow a police officer’s failure to stop you by a more harmless means. • Is tetanizing painful? • There is no pain whatsoever. In fact, when the rate of electrical pulses is properly adjusted, it is impossible to feel the tetanizing effect. • Can you make it painful? • Although it is not our intent to inflict pain, if the current were increased and the optimal pulse repetition rate were lowered to 2 or 3 pulses per second, the affected person would feel painful shocks. • Suppose a police officer held the beams on someone’s eyes for a long time. Would it hurt? • Aside from the fact that conducting the current through a person’s face would not immobilize him, prolonged exposur
