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JackRiddler

(24,979 posts) Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:32 AM Jul 2013

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Guillotine!

Good idea or great idea?

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Guillotine! (Original Post) JackRiddler Jul 2013 OP

Is this about the Anthony Weiner thing? nt LisaLynne Jul 2013 #1

No, he's a commoner. He gets the stockade. JackRiddler Jul 2013 #3

The whole point of the guillotine is equality for all NoPasaran Jul 2013 #4

No, it should have been phonetically spelled corkhead Jul 2013 #2

Can't WovenGems Jul 2013 #5

It was better than a guy with an axe. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #6

You are asking me? OffWithTheirHeads Jul 2013 #7

LisaLynne

(14,554 posts)

1. Is this about the Anthony Weiner thing? nt

Reply to JackRiddler (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:32 AM

Jul 2013

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)

3. No, he's a commoner. He gets the stockade.

Reply to LisaLynne (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:34 AM

Jul 2013

NoPasaran

(17,291 posts)

4. The whole point of the guillotine is equality for all

Reply to JackRiddler (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:36 AM

Jul 2013

No class distinction between noble and rabble when it's time for heads to roll.

corkhead

(6,119 posts)

2. No, it should have been phonetically spelled

Reply to JackRiddler (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:33 AM

Jul 2013

WovenGems

(776 posts)

5. Can't

Reply to JackRiddler (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:37 AM

Jul 2013

No good carpenters left in our once handyman nation. But given the prevalence of guns a firing squad is possible.

GreenStormCloud

(12,072 posts)

6. It was better than a guy with an axe.

Reply to JackRiddler (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:45 AM

Jul 2013

Sometimes the guy with the axe botched the execution and had to chop more than once. Or the victim wasn't brave enough to hold still. The Dr. Guillotine's invention solved that. For the times it was a good idea. Now - No.

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)

7. You are asking me?

Reply to JackRiddler (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:28 PM

Jul 2013

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