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Originally Posted by Anthony
Well, that ties in to 'instant' kill.
I would note that traditional throat-slitting is actually not a very good choice for rapid incapacitation, because the important things in the front of the neck are the trachea and the jugular vein. Now, the trachea is necessary for breathing and if opened might get clogged with blood (causing the victim to drown in their own blood), and the jugular is a major vein so if opened too far the victim bleeds to death (and you can't tourniquet the neck), but neither of those things is super fast (unfortunately, better targets, such as the brain, upper spine, and carotid arteries, tend to be protected by helmets).
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It's also really, really messy. You get high pressure streams of hot blood going all over. Blood spreads like jam, it gets on everything and smears around. It also has a strong and distinctive smell, especially when warm. There's a very good chance that even if you do the whole 'sneak up from behind' thing you'll get blood on your clothes, and lots of blood on your footwear, so you be leaving tracks all over the place and the odds of even a person, let alone a sentry dog smelling you is greatly increased.