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People have short memories. Indeed, it is precisely this shortness of memory that contributes to the spread of the plague in 1665. Past experience has led to the development of a series of Orders about what magistrates should do to control the disease when it is found in a locality. They are to meet every three weeks, consult the searchers, arrange for the killing of dogs and levy a local tax for the maintenance of the sick. If the searchers find an infected person, the house is to be closed up with all the occupants inside; a red cross is to be painted on the door and a watchman set to ensure that no one goes in or comes out. Dire punishment is threatened on those who leave: to escape is to commit a felony for which you can be hanged, whether or not you have the plague. Such orders are, of course, aimed squarely at preventing the spread of the disease, but in 1665 some people don’t remember how deadly an outbreak can be. They see the incarceration of victims as cruel and uncharitable. In April, one of the first houses to be infected is in the parish of St Giles-in-the-Fields. The magistrates order it to be sealed up but the neighbours object to such unchristian behaviour: they obliterate the red cross on the door, force the padlock that has been placed on it and release all the inhabitants as if they were victims of an injustice.
The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain
Ian Mortimer
We KNOW what we do works. What we forget, as a discipline,
however, is that to everyone else, our clients are NOT just a collection of
behaviors to be increased or decreased.
*SCATTERED*: On Autism and ABA and Assholes
onlythesheppards.blogspot.de
Ja, das ist tautologisch, aber ich meine es ernst: All die oben beschriebenen Eigenschaften von Fefe reichen weit über ihn hinaus. Fefe ist das Leitmedium von ahnungslosen, reaktionär-ignoranten Arschlochnerds. Würde man von einer Bewegung sprechen, müsste man #Gamergate dazurechnen, aber weil ich mich hier auf Deutschland beziehe, nenne ich sie „*Fefisten*„.
Einführung in Den Fefismus.
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