Charondas, an ancient Greek lawmaker, issued a law that anyone who brought weapons into the Athenian Assembly would be executed. 1 day after hunting, he arrived at the Assembly with his knife still a…
Full title: Charondas, an ancient Greek lawmaker, issued a law that anyone who brought weapons into the Athenian Assembly would be executed. 1 day after hunting, he arrived at the Assembly with his knife still attached to his belt. Realizing he had broken his own law, he chose to kill himself to uphold it.
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An important way to learn that executions are stupid law.
Capital punishment is anathema to a civilised society
sure but let's fix that after we guillotine the billionaires responsible for this current mess.
Its OK, the French Revolutionaries didn't change laws to execute their oppressors.
The big problem as I see it is the state having the legal power to execute.
Was that law?
With these ancient stories it's impossible to know how much truth they contain.
As opposed to modern stories, which definitely contain none
Yeah. I bet it was actually a dagger.
I yearn for lawmakers that aren't hypocrites.
Hypocrates was a different guy.
Listen, if I made a law that everyone wearing toe shoes gets a public spanking, then showed up wearing toe shoes, people would assume I wanted a public spanking. Maybe Charondas had some shit going on.
One day after hunting, or 1 day after hunting? Like did he sleep with his belt and knife on? How do you not realize its still attached if you doffed and donned it? /s
Those both read the same thing, though. You need a comma, my friend. "One day after hunting..." or "One day, after hunting..."
How many people try taking loaded guns through TSA? Happens all the time, people haven’t changed
i immediately thought "but that should only be valid for firearms...oh right"