What is hemlock?
A poisonous plant, used in ancient Greece to impose capital punishment.
The Hemlock Society. I THINK their sole purpose is to promote death.....
Can someone else give a run-down on this joint?
The "Hemlock Society" is a group that promotes euthanasia, and assisted suicide. They have changed their name to "The Right to Die Society" but their motives are the same. Like the democrats, they believe that a catchy slogan that makes the false claim that their immoral behavior is a "Right" granted to them by the Constitution. Without the Right to Life, there in no Liberty,
The poison given to Socrates to allow him to committ suicide.
"What is hemlock?"
It is poison..Socrates was executed through being forced to drink Hemlock. He was executed because he was too intelligent..Like Terri, he was on a small end of a continuum..He was too different to be tolerated.
Hemlock is a poisonous herb, typically brewed into a tea to speed up ones demise.
Hemlock is an evergreen tree, similar to a fir or pine. Criminals in Greece were forced to drink it- their electric chair. Socrates died this way.
http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/socr.htm
Don't drink it : )