Re: "Starter Villain" by John Scalzi

Mike Van Pelt  <usenet@mikevanpelt.com> wrote:

In article <off12k52ohmjaq946ba6748qmnpj9r9b0b@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

It wasn't just the royals. They made being an aristrocrat (there
may have been some conditions) a capital crime.

>
They murdered some top notch scientists who happened to have
been born into the aristocracy.  Lavosier being a famous example.

This is true although Lavoisier was kind of a special case, what with
being in the munitions industry.  (On the other hand, he did help out
in the American revolution, teaching DuPont how to make proper gunpowder,
which maybe could have been a mitigating factor for the French
revolutionists.)
--scott

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