▲ 124 ▼ TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights. (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [B] to c/til@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago So it's a bit of a privileged position to say that. Has nobody committed acts against you that you could defend yourself from if they were dead? permalink fedilink source parent