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Serious Headfuck

Started by Ian Warner, December 21, 2010, 07:03:36 PM

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Quote from: Elliot Wilen;428232I've come across references that say the offense was actually "blacking the face or using a disguise whilst committing a crime". So, a little fairer than just hanging you for blacking your face at night, but I suppose you could still be hanged for wearing a kerchief while stealing an apple.

That's a pretty clever law, then, because it puts the criminals in the position of a tough choice: if stealing an apple isn't a hanging offense, but stealing an apple while in blackface is, that means you have to decide between stealing it normally and risking someone recognizing you (increasing your chance of being caught), or stealing it in blackface, where you decrease the chance of being caught but if you are you'll hang.

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