Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:14 AM
here's a history fact before I go to bed
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:14 AM
the phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:14 AM
dates back to the 18th century BC, from the Code of Hammurabi
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:14 AM
wherein it was... not a metaphor
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:15 AM
it was literally a rule about the due punishment for someone who puts out someone's eye or tooth
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:15 AM
and specifically those two body parts and no others
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:15 AM
good night
BERSERKER
@flare_sword
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:22 AM
huh. I knew it was from Hammurabi but didn't realize it was mutually inclusive
A Grinning DM
@TwiceBlessed
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:27 AM
Fun fact: I was taught this in religion class in the 2nd grade, where it was framed as a good thing!
A Grinning DM
@TwiceBlessed
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:27 AM
Yay private Catholic school!
oh i'm scary
@yurisoldier
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:29 AM
I've heard that it kind of was, in that before the code you could just be killed for shit like this?
oh i'm scary
@yurisoldier
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:30 AM
that's extremely citation needed but like
oh i'm scary
@yurisoldier
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:30 AM
allegedly the idea was that punishment should be proportional, as in, not excessive
Usagi
@UsagiSquared
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:31 AM
when ur brutal punishment is actually less brutal...
BERSERKER
@flare_sword
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:33 AM
that just how people be
A Grinning DM
@TwiceBlessed
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:34 AM
I'm not arguing it was not an improvement over what came before, but its still a weird thing to hold up as kind of ideal for a classroom of 7 year olds?
🏔️ndrusi
@Andrusi
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 2:20 PM
I mean it's really the 7-year-olds that are the problem there
🏔️ndrusi
@Andrusi
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 2:22 PM
young kids are probably not going to have the historical perspective to understand what about this was an improvement
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 2:23 PM
it's very like
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 2:23 PM
baby humanity's first big attempt to codify legal fairness
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 2:24 PM
people who do bad things should be punished, the punishment should fit the crime
🏔️ndrusi
@Andrusi
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 2:25 PM
otoh I'm kind of impressed a catholic school presented it in a positive light since its most famous bible appearance is as jesus's lead-in to "turn the other cheek"
Echo
@EchoDoctor
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 2:25 PM
Honestly, I feel like the code of Hammurabi is just about the right level of complexity for a seven-year-old to understand. What they might not get is why humanity advanced past it.
Echo
@EchoDoctor
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 2:25 PM
I'm pretty sure at seven my understanding of proportionate response was "you hurt me so I hurt you back", that pretty much covered it.
A Grinning DM
@TwiceBlessed
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 4:52 PM
🏔️ndrusi : Hammurabi’s code is indeed antithetical to what Jesus was about, but tbf so is most of modern Christianity
🏔️ndrusi
@Andrusi
Tue, Aug 25, 2020 5:00 PM
pff, good point
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