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tavernier

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5. Yes.

Reply to canetoad (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:15 PM

Jun 30

I’m not calling for the guillotine, just a reminder that this actually happened in the not too distant past.
Shouldn’t we stop and remember that we are intelligent people and not animals?

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Time flies. [View all] tavernier Jun 30 OP

I'm old, but not quite old enough to remember what happened in 1793. Ocelot II Jun 30 #1

The reign of terror began in France? hedda_foil Jun 30 #2

Louis XVI guillotined? justaprogressive Jun 30 #3

Marie-Antoinette also canetoad Jun 30 #4

Yes. tavernier Jun 30 #5