RustyBertrand

IMAGINE THE SCENE:
Happily for us, when the committee reviewed the many proposals for a grand gateway to the Paris Exhibition of 1889 – the centenary of the French Revolution –they chose the Eiffel Tower, and rejected amongst other proposals a vast guillotine. But just imagine if they had chosen the guillotine instead. And imagine the Paris skyline today, if a dark guillotine hung over the city instead of the Eiffel Tower. Would Paris still be the city of love?

- Edward Rutherfurd

Jan 11, 2024 at 12:38amWeb
Show threadOGJester has movedJan 11, 2024
@RustyBertrand I’m not even going to fact check this, because I want to live the rest of my life believing that somewhere in the multiverse, there’s a timeline where Paris features a colossal guillotine.
Show threadcoffeeaddictJan 11, 2024
@OGjester @RustyBertrand I feel that would actually change the history of France. Seeing a guillotine at the capital of a city would give everyone a a spirit and I bet would cause a few more government overthrows and many protests (even more frequent than now) in its history
Show threadBlippy the Wonder Slug (MOVED)Jan 11, 2024

@coffeeaddict
I've always been a fan of the French method...

A few years back, my oldest son was in Paris shooting sk8* vids, and I traveled to spend a morning with him. 😜 It would've been great to meet at a Giant Guillotine instead of the Eiffel Tower. I know he'da gotten a kick out of it, too.

* If you follow inline sk8ing, you've probably seen my son. He started being featured in 'zines when we were still a family unit in Montana during Life v1.x in the 90s.

@OGjester @RustyBertrand

Show threadSpud_CoolzipJan 11, 2024
@RustyBertrand I don't know if that would be appropriate for Paris, but I would definitely approve of planting one in DC, perhaps across from the Washington Monument. It should have the words FRIENDLY REMINDER cast or engraved into its pedestal.
Show threadRealGene ☣️Jan 11, 2024
@Spud_Coolzip @RustyBertrand
This being the USA, we need a permanent Firing Squad, that shoots whomever happens to be lined up in front of it, every hour, on the hour, like Old Faithful.