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.
An important way to learn that executions are stupid law.
I yearn for lawmakers that aren't hypocrites.
Listen, if I made a law that everyone wearing toe shoes gets a public spanking, then showed up wearing toe shoes, people would assume I wanted a public spanking. Maybe Charondas had some shit going on.
One day after hunting, or 1 day after hunting? Like did he sleep with his belt and knife on? How do you not realize its still attached if you doffed and donned it? /s
With these ancient stories it's impossible to know how much truth they contain.
i immediately thought "but that should only be valid for firearms...oh right"
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