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vitalis
vitalis@dirtyknight.life
Hand-shaped branding tool for criminals or deserters, 1642-1649.
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Whores were branded with the fleur de lis on a shoulder.
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Khamenei's Top Guy Katze Kattepus 
nerthos@shitposter.world
@georgia @vitalis Genuinely curious why you dislike it. Branding criminals gets all the benefits with very few of the drawbacks. Unlike hanging or cutting hands, the criminal doesn't get any disabling injuries that would prevent working or doing anything else, and it doesn't require massive investments in money and manpower paid by the victims like it is the case with prisons; however with the brand everyone around can know what the criminal did and keep themselves safe, and it's also painful enough to teach a lesson.
It's an almost perfect solution for any crime that isn't horrible enough to merit execution.
It's an almost perfect solution for any crime that isn't horrible enough to merit execution.
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In Romania, there's a Vlad Tepes castle that's basically a museum of torture devices he used on his enemies. The stakes in the field is the most notable, he used a wide range of torture devices.
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Their motto is deception.
SiRrogueKnight@noauthority.social1 of 2
This is the Vlad castle that you see near Brasov... the Bran Castle. Though supposedly he may have barely stayed here.
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georgia
georgia
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Khamenei's Top Guy Katze Kattepus
nerthos@shitposter.world
@georgia @vitalis Sure but he'd also be opposed to predation of one man upon another, like theft, arson, murder, rape, etc.
I am much more partial to just instantly killing the criminal in the act (which scripture explicitly mentions as not being the sin of bloodshed at all, it is righteous and approved by God) but that's not doable at the current scale of humanity and way of life, since criminals have plenty of opportunity to sneak and plenty of friends and laws to cover for them when it's time for punishment. Branding them so everyone knows is a decent compromise between punishment, safety of victims, and physical integrity of the criminal.
I am much more partial to just instantly killing the criminal in the act (which scripture explicitly mentions as not being the sin of bloodshed at all, it is righteous and approved by God) but that's not doable at the current scale of humanity and way of life, since criminals have plenty of opportunity to sneak and plenty of friends and laws to cover for them when it's time for punishment. Branding them so everyone knows is a decent compromise between punishment, safety of victims, and physical integrity of the criminal.
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sim@shitposter.world
sim@shitposter.world
@mangeurdenuage @SiRrogueKnight Thanks for thinking about me here. I approve of castle posts.
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