• Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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    22 hours ago

    The chipped axe blade says otherwise.
    Not to mention using a pillory without any structural support to immobilize the prisoner.
    That won’t work well at all.

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      22 hours ago

      The chipped axe blade says otherwise.

      There’s nothing professional about this. A headsman doesn’t execute people from a pillory at all. The criminal’s hands would get in the way. You need to cut through the neck, but the pillory covers the neck. And you’d have to be extremely precise to hit the person and not the wood or metal, which might explain the chip in the axe blade.

      If you insist on executing a person in a pillory, a professional would whip them to death.

      Then, there’s the basket. It’s way too far away. The head would drop straight down and land on the ground.

      No, this is a guy cosplaying as a headsman. No professional in sight.

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      22 hours ago

      Actualy, the axe is just a symbol, like a badge of office, and the punishment will actually just consist of the gentleman in the hood coming up with a diss track mocking the prisoner. The basket is there to catch the inevitable tears.