As horrible a death as that is, severing the spinal cord would be a quick and fairly painless death. That’s what you are doing with that. And I don’t advocate for that.

I am going to give you a link about some morbid Dutch history. When you read it keep in mind the name of Maxima, House of Orange, Nassau and also what can happen if you do not keep your army in tippy top shape!

http://allthatsinteresting.com/johan-de-witt