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		RobertMiller on March 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass ... *230 years ago. But nobody uses guillotines anymore. The Saudis use a sword.

oblio on March 12, 2022 [–]

That was my point, why be so barbaric even in the method of execution, when we created a cleaner solution for this back in the day of the horse and buggy?

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