Special thanks to Sear, UZ!, Schattenreiter, and Dakota for presenting information I can use easily.
Funny as the other guys were. Eh, maybe I'm just deadened to the subject. I had a bit of an estranged childhood, so thinking of death and suicide doesn't scare me. Of course, if it were happening to someone I care about...well, that's a different story. Hell, I'd do anything to prevent a loved one from doing something like that. Even sleep with them. ...Well, no, I take that back. That would probably just make them want to die even more. XP (Me and a friend have an inside-joke concerning this about me being "navigationally challenged", and I assure you it's quite funny. Wish I could remember how it went.)
Anyway, what I was originally hoping for were credible sources, and it would still be nice to have these if only for citation. I hear professors can be picky about this, although he didn't mention anything regarding sources for this particular project. Not that I was paying complete attention anyway, heh.
^^ Thanks, everyone, for your help. I really appreciate it. Any sources you could present would be much appreciated. And if I need someone to do my homework for me, I know where to look.
Kidding.
And you know, I'd never heard the ins and outs of hanging. Didn't realize it was intended to snapped your neck, nor that it failed more often than not. Terrible way to go...but as Sea said, more effective provided you aren't found. Having your head ripped off due to extra length isn't necessarily bad--er, well...you know what I mean. It's about as effective as snapping your neck. You'll live for up to a second-and-a-half since signals are still channeling through your nervous system, but as for whether you'd feel pain...dunno. Meh, I'll see what I can dig up on that.
Hell, now I'm just curious.