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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 1 point 1 month ago

Its OK, the French Revolutionaries didn't change laws to execute their oppressors.

The big problem as I see it is the state having the legal power to execute.

  • source
  • parent