The grisly execution of Robert-Francois Damiens
“Anyway, dude decided to kill King Louis XV on January 5, 1757. With a penknife.” I guess he thought the pen(knife) was mightier than the sword?
I remember this recounted at the beginning of Foucault’s Discipline and Punish. But your version includes some details not in the other and, of course, more swearing. I don’t think Foucault’s account had any swearing at all. Missed opportunity.
“Anyway, dude decided to kill King Louis XV on January 5, 1757. With a penknife.” I guess he thought the pen(knife) was mightier than the sword?
I remember this recounted at the beginning of Foucault’s Discipline and Punish. But your version includes some details not in the other and, of course, more swearing. I don’t think Foucault’s account had any swearing at all. Missed opportunity.