LoneWanzerPilot t1_iy6bfrz wrote on November 29, 2022 at 1:49 AM Reply to comment by Emergency_Document_8 in TIL the plant Oenanthe crocata was purportedly used in the ritual killing of criminals and the elderly in ancient Sardinia. Subjects were intoxicated with the herb and then dropped from a height or beaten to death. by saulbloodyenderby Yeah the brutal practicality of people back then. Here in the east, we once left grandparents on mountains or jungles to die, when there's hard times and the grandparent can't provide any more meaningful labour. Permalink Parent 23
LoneWanzerPilot t1_iy6bfrz wrote
Reply to comment by Emergency_Document_8 in TIL the plant Oenanthe crocata was purportedly used in the ritual killing of criminals and the elderly in ancient Sardinia. Subjects were intoxicated with the herb and then dropped from a height or beaten to death. by saulbloodyenderby
Yeah the brutal practicality of people back then.
Here in the east, we once left grandparents on mountains or jungles to die, when there's hard times and the grandparent can't provide any more meaningful labour.