Discworld QOTD, from Snuff "But what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"
In Finland, traffic fines are based on income. So a rich person speeding has to pay the same percentage as a poor person -- something like half your daily income per step, number of steps based on how egregious the infraction. Anywhere from 6 Euros to 10s of thousands. I like this system.
I appreciate the spirit, but every time I read this one, I'm just... that's not how gallows work
Sit Pterry's rage was my favourite thing about his books. The way he channels rage into page, fixes me
There is no known end to the greed of the powerful. Fortunately, there is a known lower limit to the height of the gallows to guarantee head detachment
Snuff is such a delightfully angry book. The seething rage contrasts so well with Big and Young Sam Vimes Visit the Countryside
TD Bank currently paying like 5 billion(?) for money laundering.
one thing I really appreciate about Pratchett is that he never once lost sight of the fact that the rich and powerful are the real enemies, not even in the face of actual fantasy villains
Uff da, that hits.