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Patrick John Gillam@patrickgillam.bsky.social |
I’ve been listening to Hilary Mantel’s “A Place of Greater Safety,” her book about leading figures in the French Revolution. Turns out the guillotine was actually a practical and humane improvement on having the mobs hack the privileged to pieces.
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Proud Anselmo
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The privileged don't need to know that.
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yazikus
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Dr. Guillotin was a humanist who opposed the death penalty - fascinating guy!
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