To: Jo Nuvark
"You can't take an animal to court when it behaves instinctively."
Interestingly enough, common animals did get convicted of crimes in the middle ages. A pig going nuts and killing a child could be tried for murder, and hung. Or if a man got to *know* his sheep, but would be condemned to die.
Not sure this has much relevance with the topic being discussed, but I couldn't but share that odd tidbit of medieval history. :)
898 posted on
02/21/2006 6:00:30 AM PST by
CarolinaGuitarman
("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
To: CarolinaGuitarman
[...common animals did get convicted of crimes in the middle ages...]
And that is why is it often referred to as the DARK AGES.
968 posted on
02/21/2006 8:05:13 AM PST by
Jo Nuvark
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