Fun fact: the doctor in question was opposed to the death penalty, and proposed the guillotine thinking he could at least make it more humane. He deeply regretted this action and spent the rest of his life campaigning against it. His family was so ashamed that they changed their surname.
While I’m still raining on your parade:
THANK YOU. The constant glazing of The Reign of Terror on lemmy is sickening. It was named like that for a reason.
Every ethical society requires a healthy and robust guillotine maintenance and repair workforce.
here’s a “fun” (read “insane”) fact: France abolished the death penalty in 1981; the last execution by guillotine took place in 1977
And Christopher Lee was in attendance
I want to celebrate July 14th in the states
Another fun fact: The blade wasn’t sharpened during the revolution properly, so they would have to drop the blade multiple times to get a full cut.
