On Jun 12, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Monica Hall wrote: > I didn't say it was reserved for ordinary people.
It's exactly what you said: > In England the ordinary people were hanged drawn and quartered. The well to > do were beheaded - less painful. Class disinction even on the gallows. A "class distinction" in which one mode of execution is for the well-to-do and another for the ordinary. You were absolutely clear, on both sides of the Atlantic. It may not be what you intended to say, but it's what you said. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
