05-06-2023, 12:11 AM
Ca Bob wrote:
The British empire didn't just send people to Australia. They also hanged people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhe6rlo_jpI
The Irish rebels of a particular era were known for their cropped hair, hence The Croppy Boy.
Indeed. And they left the traitors’ bodies ‘hanging’ around London port for all sailors to see when they came and went by that key port as a warning to all.
Not saying I am a fan of capital punishment, but I do not think most of these sentences come anywhere close to the severity of the treason they did.