[HN Gopher] Who Killed Thomas Beckett?
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Who Killed Thomas Beckett?
Author : pepys
Score : 22 points
Date : 2021-05-31 16:49 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| hprotagonist wrote:
| Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Morville, Richard Brito and William de
| Tracy. That's who!
|
| Good article; I was not sure if it was going to go towards
| suggesting someone else assassinated him.
| loonster wrote:
| I was going to go with Peter O'Toole.
| hprotagonist wrote:
| see, the trick is not minding that it hurts.
| andromaton wrote:
| *Becket
| bigmattystyles wrote:
| I know they expose the 'troublesome' utterance as apocryphal but
| to me it perfectly illustrates the danger of heads of state and
| other powerful persons speaking off the cuff. From a US point of
| view, Obama understood this and was often attacked for pausing
| while talking to chose his words carefully, specifically his
| `uhhhhs`. Obviously even when being careful, it's impossible to
| not say something that can be interpreted in which ever way you
| want to interpret it to fit your world view (e.g: Well, obviously
| it's not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any
| manufacturers of dairy products.). I prefer someone who speaks
| carefully when they command armies, loyalists and whose words can
| motivate enemies. I would argue this should apply to everyone
| from CEOs to managers when speaking in a public setting.
| tsegratis wrote:
| Interesting to see Becket's influence on the Magna Carter (an
| early instigation of democracy). Even though he died, his
| attitude seems to have effectively changed society even till
| today: https://blog.britishmuseum.org/thomas-becket-and-magna-
| carta...
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