[Avodah] torah death penalties (horrific)

[mcohen at touchlogic.com]

daf yomi - sanhedrin
 
at simple reading, the torah death techniques seem very severe (barbaric, horrific), overly painful, etc
 
except for hereg (sword)
 
i know its a gezeras hakasuv, and i know all the standard disclaimers...very rare, maybe only once in 70 years, rare to find a case with 2 aidim with hasraah..etc
 
neverless the question of the method (even though soft cloth used etc) remains
 
does anyone have any insights or references to explain this?
 
al pi sod ?
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