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Todo: 1) Electrocute a dog 2) Electrocute an elephant 3) Electrocute a man All to prove the dangers of AC power. http://knowledgenuts.com/2013/10/19/edison-pu
by woofyman 10y ago
Todo:
1) Electrocute a dog
2) Electrocute an elephant
3) Electrocute a man
All to prove the dangers of AC power.
http://knowledgenuts.com/2013/10/19/edison-publicly-tortured-animals-to-discredit-ac-power/ http://knowledgenuts.com/2013/10/19/edison-publicly-tortured...
- vlunkr 10y agoYeah I saw that episode of Bob's Burgers too. Edit: In all seriousness, the man and the elephant were already scheduled to be killed. So it sucks, but he did so many amazing things that this is easily overshadowed.
- projektir 10y ago> he did so many amazing things that this is easily overshadowed Torture is never "easily overshadowed" in my book. Some things just cannot be erased, no matter how many great things you accomplish. I don't see the difference between this statement and saying that it's alright to conduct experiments on inmates as long as we discover something amazing.
- vlunkr 10y agoWhat you're calling torture later became a legal way to execute someone. I don't think it's fair to expect people from the past to have modern morals.
- projektir 10y agoLegal executions are actually pretty notorious for being poorly done, so I think I can call it torture just fine when the procedure takes too long. There's nothing "modern" about not hurting things. That is something a person understands on a fundamental level, because it can happen to them. People just rationalize and don't care and think they're above it. There were people who were against such things in all times, perhaps just not a lot of them. Wonder what it says about genius and hard work if something so trivial was impossible for them despite all their accomplishments?