• pachrist@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Part of what made Joan of Arc a name that has lasted 1000 years is not that she was a hero, it’s that she was killed for being a hero.

    Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

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      2 days ago

      He’s already thrown away his life.

      Honestly it would be demoralizing for him to get sentenced to death (or life) in this information environment. People would just move on, back to the status quo. But if he gets off, its a vindication of what he did.