the funny thing about the priest quote is that the king DIDN’T want him killed and him being killing was a nightmare for the King and everyone knew he had him killed.
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 14 hours ago
There is a difference between “I will pay you to vote for me” and “I will pay you if I win.” The first is certainly illegal, the second should be. In some ways, the second statement reminds me of the phrase, “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” Sure, no direct order was given, but the priest still died.
I don’t expect to see any response to this statement from law enforcement, just like there wasn’t when Musk actually paid people to vote for the conservative judge.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 13 hours ago
Also funny that their king wasn't above the law... kinda sorta, but still actually had to answer for it to someone.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
he was totally above the law, it was just a huge black eye and it made the annoyance of the priest turn into the actual Pope being mad at him and he had to publicly repent, but it appears no one blamed him for the murder but did blame him for expressing the wish to be rid of the priest. although the knights who killed him didn’t seem to intent to kill him, but tried to arrest him and he resisted to the point they killed him which isn’t better, but it’s different than an out right order to execute a known public figure. this was Henry II btw
Artisian@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
(I’ll note that even states refused to pursue Musk. It appears that you can claim to do something illegal for a few hours on the internet, reap the media rewards, and then edit the post. Political activists, do take note.)
Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
That’s a funny typo