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| + | The Conan the Barbarian quote was almost verbatumly lifted from Harold Lamb’s book 'Genghis Khan, Emperor of All Men, 1926), page 112: | ||
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| + | “Nay,” responded the Khan, “to crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet - to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentations of their women. That is best.” | ||
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See "Beating Back Cancel Culture: A Case Study from the Field of Artificial Intelligence" written by Pedro Domingos.
Salem Village farmer Giles Corey was accused of being a wizard during the Massachusetts witch trials of the late 17th century. The way the law worked then, if he pleaded to the charge, they could take all of his possessions after they found him guilty and killed him. To protect his children’s inheritance, he simply refused to plead. So they slowly piled rocks on him (“pressing,” as it was then known), and every so often asked him, “How do you plead?” The only answer they ever got out of him was, “more weight,” and on the third day he died,
‘More Weight’: An Academic’s Guide to Surviving Campus Witch Hunts", Quillette, written by Dorian S. AbbotFebruray 5, 2021.
Miscellaneous
The Conan the Barbarian quote was almost verbatumly lifted from Harold Lamb’s book 'Genghis Khan, Emperor of All Men, 1926), page 112:
“Nay,” responded the Khan, “to crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet - to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentations of their women. That is best.”
