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.
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.
I yearn for lawmakers that aren’t hypocrites.
Hypocrates was a different guy.
i immediately thought “but that should only be valid for firearms…oh right”
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.
An important way to learn that executions are stupid law.
sure but let’s fix that after we guillotine the billionaires responsible for this current mess.
Capital punishment is anathema to a civilised society
Was that law?
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
How many people try taking loaded guns through TSA? Happens all the time, people haven’t changed
Those both read the same thing, though. You need a comma, my friend. “One day after hunting…” or “One day, after hunting…”
