33 points | by halperter 4 hours ago
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There's a summary of this essay on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflections_on_the_Guillotine
This is a 1957 essay by Algerian-French philosopher Albert Camus.
> it is obviously no less repulsive than the crime,
Hard disagree. There are people who deserve death, and it is a good thing when it happens. It's just really dangerous to give the state such a power.
I wonder if you would feel different after witnessing an execution (by guillotine)? I believe Camus is arguing that you would, giving his father as example of someone who similarly changed his mind.
Modern problems require modern solutions. Get yourselves a sawz-awl. https://amzn.to/4grxOUN , then you can operate in Natakomi Space: https://www.bldgblog.com/2010/01/nakatomi-space/
There's a summary of this essay on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflections_on_the_Guillotine
This is a 1957 essay by Algerian-French philosopher Albert Camus.
> it is obviously no less repulsive than the crime,
Hard disagree. There are people who deserve death, and it is a good thing when it happens. It's just really dangerous to give the state such a power.
I wonder if you would feel different after witnessing an execution (by guillotine)? I believe Camus is arguing that you would, giving his father as example of someone who similarly changed his mind.
Modern problems require modern solutions. Get yourselves a sawz-awl. https://amzn.to/4grxOUN , then you can operate in Natakomi Space: https://www.bldgblog.com/2010/01/nakatomi-space/